[Individual risks to adolescent health, caused by contaminating the air, and their relationship with the levels of specific autoantibodies]

Gig Sanit. 2016;95(8):738-42.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The high levels of the air pollution create prerequisites for the development of the pathology of target organs exposed to chemical agents. Big enterprises of oil refining and chemical industry of the Irkutsk region are located in the cities of Angarsk and Sayansk. The average level of the air pollution for several years in these cities is assessed as high and moderate, respectively. The use of the personalized approach may allow to more correctly evaluate the risk for the damage to health and the body’s response to external impacts. The purpose of this study was to assess the risk offormation ofpathological processes in the body of adolescents in the conditions of inhalation exposure to chemicals, taking into account the individual load and study of the level of specific autoantibodies. The study included 373 adolescents from the city with high levels of air pollution and 188 schoolchildren from the city with a moderate level pollution. There was made an evaluation of the individual chemical hazard load on adolescents ’ body due to the air pollution, physiologicalfeatures and the organization of educational process and leisure. There were studied the levels of specific autoantibodies, reflecting the state of the organs - targets for the impact ofpollutants. The calculation of the individual chemical load allows to calculate indices of the hazard for the health problems of each individual and to identify individuals at increased risk of developing diseases of organs and systems, which are targets for exposure to pollutants. The increase in the hazard index of developing respiratory diseases was found to be accompanied by an increase of the relative content of autoantibodies against membrane antigens of the lung tissue. There was revealed the elevation in autoantibodies levels to the proteins of vascular endothelial with increasing hazard index of disturbances in the cardiovascular system in adolescents living in city with high levels of air pollution.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Air Pollution* / adverse effects
  • Air Pollution* / analysis
  • Autoantibodies / analysis*
  • Environmental Exposure* / adverse effects
  • Environmental Exposure* / analysis
  • Environmental Illness* / diagnosis
  • Environmental Illness* / epidemiology
  • Environmental Illness* / immunology
  • Environmental Illness* / prevention & control
  • Environmental Pollution / analysis
  • Environmental Pollution / prevention & control
  • Female
  • Hazardous Substances / adverse effects
  • Hazardous Substances / analysis
  • Humans
  • Inhalation Exposure
  • Male
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases* / immunology
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases* / prevention & control
  • Risk Assessment / methods
  • School Health Services / statistics & numerical data
  • Siberia / epidemiology
  • Urban Population

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Hazardous Substances