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Published on: February 7, 2018
Oxidative stress associated with long term occupational exposure to extremely low frequency electric and magnetic
Majid Bagheri Hosseinabadi1, Narges Khanjani2, Pirasteh Norouzi3
1School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
Background:
Occupational exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMFs) may have harmful effects on biologic systems and has raised many concerns in the last decades.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of exposure to extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzyme activities.
Methods:
This study was conducted on 115 power plant workers as the exposed group and 145 office workers as the non-exposed group. The levels of Malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), Catalase (Cat), and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) were measured in the serum of all subjects. Exposure to ELF-EMFs was measured based on spot measurements and the IEEE Std C95.3.1 standard.
Results:
The levels of MDA, SOD, and Cat in the exposed group were significantly higher than in the non-exposed group. However, the level of TAC was not significantly different between the exposed (2.45±1.02) and non-exposed (2.21±1.07) groups. The levels of MDA and SOD were higher among workers with higher exposure to electric fields than workers with low exposure. All oxidative stress indicators increased with increased exposure to magnetic fields, except TAC.
Conclusions:
The antioxidant system imbalance among power plant workers may be related to long term occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields.
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