Abstract

General biological monitoring of building construction workers: An environmental health survey

Author(s): Mythili Balakrishnan, Ayyappa Das

The aim of the present study was to investigate the health impact of South Indian building construction workers using different hematological and biochemical parameters. Blood samples were collected from 50 building construction workers. Theywere compared with 45 voluntary healthy subjects (control).Mean age of workerswas 39.50 ± 1.00, age ranged from 23 to 64 years.Asignificant (p<0.05) decrease in the level of haemoglobulin (10.52 ± 01.40) and increased level of ESR (13.96 ± 1.45) and TLC (9634.16 ± 1345.03) were obtained in cement industryworkers. Therewere no significant difference between the cholesterol level among control and experimental groups. The level of serum enzymes Alanine Amino Transferase (ALT),AspartateAmino Transferase (AST) were found to be increased in cement industry workers when compared to control groups.