Research on spirometric, radiological and inflammatory lung abnormalities in workers of gas stations.

• Grant number: 16/10685-9
• Support type: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: February 01, 2017 - January 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Medical Clinics
• Principal researcher: José Antônio Baddini Martinez
• Grantee: José Antônio Baddini Martinez
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Assoc. researchers: Ada Clarice Gastaldi ; Bruno Spinosa De Martinis ; Marcel Koenigkam Santos ; Tiago Henrique Garcia da Silva

Abstract

Studies in India indicate that attendants of gas stations often exhibit abnormalities in pulmonary function parameters. The changes found are compatible with restrictive patterns and suggestive of small airway diseases. From these changes can be assumed that such workers have an increased risk for developing inflammatory reactions in small airways called bronchiolitis. The etiology of these processes could be in the inhalation of volatile products derived from oil or in the exposure to pollutants released by automotive engines. The present study aims at investigating the presence of respiratory symptoms, lung function abnormalities, radiological changes and airways inflammatory profile in 50 gas stations attendants, no smokers, and without medical comorbidities. The volunteers will answer a standardized questionnaire, perform simple spirometry, pulse oscillometry, high-resolution computerized tomography, cytological and biochemical analysis of induced sputum. A control group will consist of 50 healthy employees of a university hospital. Also environmental exposure measures will be carried out including levels of particulate matter in the workplace volunteers and urinary dosages of benzene metabolites. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GARCIA DA SILVA, TIAGO HENRIQUE; GASTALDI, ADA CLARICE; SANTOS, MARCEL KOENIGKAM; DE MARTINIS, BRUNO SPINOSA; BADDINI-MARTINEZ, JOSE. Induced sputum abnormalities in gas station attendants. INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, AUG 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.