Occupational exposure to other air contaminants
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Professionals working in the operating room; occupationally exposed to anesthetics; both genders and healthy individuals not exposed to inhaled anesthetics as participants in the control group
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Malignant disease carriers; carriers of infectious or inflammatory diseases; those who regularly use alcohol; smokers; users of "illicit drugs"; those who use medication and / or vitamin supplementation; individuals exposed to radiation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We will test the hypothesis that occupational exposure to waste anesthetic gases (WAG) results in epigenetic modifications, specifically methylation, as well as genetic modifications due to changes in gene expression, and that polymorphisms influence the individual response to WAG toxicity. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Are not expected. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (FMB)-UNESP