Serum testosterone and static magnetic field exposure.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A survey of the effects of static magnetic fields on serum testosterone concentrations was conducted. Twenty six employees were randomly selected from among the potroom workers at an aluminum facility (SIC-3334). The potroom workers were exposed to magnetic fields on the order of 100 gauss. Twenty three hourly employees not working in the potroom were selected as comparisons. Venous blood samples were obtained from each subject and assayed for serum testosterone. The mean serum testosterone concentration in the potroom workers was 5.26 nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml). No association was found between testosterone concentrations and number of years spent working in the potroom. The mean serum testosterone concentration in the comparisons was 5.23ng/ml. The authors conclude that exposures to static magnetic fields in the potroom at the facility do not have a clinically significant effect on serum testosterone concentrations. This study cannot, however, rule out a small effect of magnetic fields on serum testosterone concentration. A large study would have more power to detect such small differences.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Preceptorship Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Biological-effects Dose-response Hormone-activity Industrial-equipment Medical-research Medical-surveys Metal-refining NIOSH-Author Testes
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00150615
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1983 Jan; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3334 - Primary aluminum - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c4fdf94877cc1388e42404670adf05dffc22fc4f6501bcc96bba015b740904b6f90e797c5d64f16b0ad2e8f93d54d8fb3b469b48ee6e3dfbd69cf1473eb2bba0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179741/cdc_179741_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 261.95 KB ]