Human emotional stress, dioxin blood content and genetic damage in Chapaevsk town

Citation
F. Ingel et al., Human emotional stress, dioxin blood content and genetic damage in Chapaevsk town, CHEMOSPHERE, 43(4-7), 2001, pp. 989-998
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CHEMOSPHERE
ISSN journal
00456535 → ACNP
Volume
43
Issue
4-7
Year of publication
2001
Pages
989 - 998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(200105/06)43:4-7<989:HESDBC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Forty five women from Chapaevsk town (three groups of 14-16 persons aged 20 -40 yr) with different exposures to dioxins and different dioxin levels in blood were tested by four standard psychological questionnaires to detect e motional stress. Results of psychological testing were compared with indivi dual dioxin blood contents and chromosome aberration level in blood cells. Results of the investigation were the next: (1) three groups tested differe d significantly (P less than or equal to 0.05) in emotional stress level, t hus that highest level of stress was detected within the group with the hig hest dioxin blood contents (group "Workers"); (2) high level of correlation between emotional stress and individual dioxins blood contents (up P less than or equal to 0.001) as well as between emotional stress and individual chromosome aberration level (up P less than or equal to 0.05) was revealed. These results are discussed from the position of desadaptation induced by dioxins, which led to chromosome aberration induction. (C) 2001 Published b y Elsevier Science Ltd.