Changes of the bronchial lining of rats caused by noise

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2003

Authors

Maria João R. Oliveira (Author) Other; António S. Pereira (Author) Other; Laura Guimarães (Author) Other; Diamantino Freitas (Author) FEUP; A Carvalho (Author) FEUP; Nuno R. Grande (Author) Other; Artur P. Águas (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the 8th international congress on noise as a public health problem

Pages: 384-385

8th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem - ICBEN 2003

Roterdão, Holanda, 29 de Junho a 3 de Julho de 2003

Other information

Abstract (EN): Chronic exposure to excessive noise may cause systemic disorders, in addition to the well-established damage to hearing (Melamed HW DO, 1996; Nicholas HW DO, 1998). Noiserelated disorders have been identified in exposed workers and to the concept of Vibroacoustic Disease (VAD) (Castelo Branco and Rodriguez, 1999).Textile workers show increased frequency of respiratory infections (Simpson HW DO, 1998; Raza HW DO, 1999). We have investigated whether the bronchial epithelium undergoes any cytological change in animals chronically exposed to cotton-mill-room noise. To perform quantitative cytology of the bronchial epithelium of noise-exposed and control rats we have used scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 2