Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Environmental Exposure in workplaces in the post-/with-COVID-19 era
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Title
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Environmental Exposure in workplaces in the post-/with-COVID-19 era
Environmental Exposure in workplaces in the post-/with-COVID-19 era
Subject
Environmental Exposure,workplaces,post-/with-COVID-19, era
Description
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed concerns for individual health issues of inequity and a divide in communities. To address these health issues, elucidation of the physical mechanism of health impairment will help us find the way to approach both to individuals and to communities.
Materials and Methods: We measured the skin elasticity and lung forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) in 50 workers of a company. The results, that of our previous studies, are compared and discussed.
Results: We showed that skin elasticity and lung forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) are associated depending on age. Therefore, skin elasticity may predict the airway condition and will be helpful in identification of airway impairment. In addition, smoking is tightly associated with FEV1 decline, and weekly with decline in skin elasticity. These environmental exposure may be accounted for by accelerated ageing process, since cigarette smoke exposure lowered the level and activity of Sirt-1 in mice.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that the skin and the airway are both located in the border between environment and body, directly under the effect of environmental exposure. In addition, these findings and its application will facilitate the accessibility of people in various work place. We will discuss various approaching strategies to maintain workers’ health.
Materials and Methods: We measured the skin elasticity and lung forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) in 50 workers of a company. The results, that of our previous studies, are compared and discussed.
Results: We showed that skin elasticity and lung forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) are associated depending on age. Therefore, skin elasticity may predict the airway condition and will be helpful in identification of airway impairment. In addition, smoking is tightly associated with FEV1 decline, and weekly with decline in skin elasticity. These environmental exposure may be accounted for by accelerated ageing process, since cigarette smoke exposure lowered the level and activity of Sirt-1 in mice.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that the skin and the airway are both located in the border between environment and body, directly under the effect of environmental exposure. In addition, these findings and its application will facilitate the accessibility of people in various work place. We will discuss various approaching strategies to maintain workers’ health.
Creator
Hiroo Wada and Shinichi Hagiwara
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
January 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
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Citation
Hiroo Wada and Shinichi Hagiwara, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Environmental Exposure in workplaces in the post-/with-COVID-19 era,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 22, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2437.
Environmental Exposure in workplaces in the post-/with-COVID-19 era,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 22, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2437.