{"id":4880,"date":"2023-03-28T15:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T13:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jphres.org\/?p=4880"},"modified":"2023-04-02T14:06:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T12:06:18","slug":"investigation-on-the-trace-elemental-profile-of-sewage-workers-in-kolkata-an-indian-megacity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/473\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation on the trace elemental profile of sewage workers in Kolkata, an Indian megacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"item doi\"><span class=\"value\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4081\/jphr.2015.473\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4081\/jphr.2015.473<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"item authors\">\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Rajlaxmi Basu<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">Institute of Haematology and Transfusion, Medicine Medical College, Kolkata, India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Sidharth Sankar Ram<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">UGC-DAE CSR Kolkata Centre, India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Arunnangshu Biswas<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">Department of Statistics, Presidency University, Kolkata, India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Siddhartha Sankar Ray<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">Institute of Haematology and Transfusion, Medicine Medical College, Kolkata, India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">Department of Environmental Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Anindita Chakraborty<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">UGC-DAE CSR Kolkata Centre, India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Sudarshan Mathummal<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">UGC-DAE CSR Kolkata Centre, India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Sila Chakrabarti<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">Institute of Haematology and Transfusion, Medicine Medical College, Kolkata, India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"item abstract\">\n<h3 class=\"label\">ABSTRACT<\/h3>\n<p><em>Background<\/em>. Environmental pollution has become a global health risk. Exposure to pollutants at the work place,<em>\u00a0i.e<\/em>. occupational exposure, is one of the areas that need immediate attention. The civic drainage workers are exposed to pollutants present in the wastewater they handle and most of them are toxic heavy metals. Exposure to such pollutants may be a health hazard, since it can lead to the imbalance in nutrient elements status.\u00a7<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nDesign and Methods<\/em>. In the present study, profiling of trace elements in the blood of drainage worker population from an Indian megacity, Kolkata, was carried out by energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) and compared with the control group population of the same area.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nResults.\u00a0<\/em>The elements detected by EDXRF spectrometry include P, S, Cl, K, Fe, Cu, Zn, Se, Br, and Rb. By using ANOVA with 5% significance level, we observed significant alterations in the trace elements status, iron over loading, selenium deficiency, and in Cu-Zn ratio. Gender specific variations within the same population were also observed.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nConclusions.<\/em>\u00a0The results indicate that the drainage workers have altered elemental profile in comparison to that of control population.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4081\/jphr.2015.473 Rajlaxmi Basu Institute of Haematology and Transfusion, Medicine Medical College, Kolkata, India. Sidharth Sankar Ram UGC-DAE CSR Kolkata Centre, India. Arunnangshu Biswas Department of Statistics, Presidency University, Kolkata, India. Siddhartha Sankar Ray Institute of Haematology and Transfusion, Medicine Medical College, Kolkata, India. Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay Department of Environmental Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. 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