| Peripheral Neuropathy in Military Aircraft Maintenance Workers in Australia. | |
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PMID: 21407097 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE:: This study aimed to examine possible persisting peripheral neuropathy in a group who undertook fuel tank repairs on F-111 aircraft, relative to two contemporaneous comparison groups. METHODS:: Vibration perception threshold (VPT) was tested using biothesiometry in 614 exposed personnel, compared with two unexposed groups (513 technical trades and 403 nontrades). Regression modeling was used to examine associations, adjusting for possible confounders. RESULTS:: We observed that 26% of participants had chronic persistent increased VPT in the great toe. In contrast, statistically significant higher VPT of the great toe was observed in the comparison groups; however, the effect was small, about 1/4 the magnitude of diabetes. Age, height, and diabetes were all significant and strong predictors in most models. CONCLUSION:: This study highlights chronic persisting peripheral neuropathy in a population of aircraft maintainers. |
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Maya Guest; John R Attia; Catherine A D'Este; May M Boggess; Anthony M Brown; Richard E Gibson; Meredith A Tavener; James Ross; Ian Gardner; Warren Harrex |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-3-14 |
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Title: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Volume: - ISSN: 1536-5948 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-3-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9504688 Medline TA: J Occup Environ Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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From the Faculty of Health (Ms Guest, Drs Attia and D'Este, Mr Gibson, and the SHOAMP study team), University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia; Department of Mathematics (Dr Boggess), Texas A & M University, College Station, Tex; School of Rural Health (Dr Brown), University of Sydney, Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Defense (Drs Ross and Gardner), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Department of Veterans' Affairs (Dr Harrex and Scientific Advisory Committee), Woden, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Population Research Centre (Dr Tavener), University of Groningen, the Netherlands. |
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