The Effect of Cement Dust Exposure on Hematological and Cytogenetic Studies of Cement Workers

The study measured haematological and cytogentic parameters in workers occupationally exposed to cement dust in order to test the hypothesis that cement dust exposure may perturb these functions. Assessments of haematological, and cytogentic were performed in 30 workers occupationally exposed to cement dust and 30 matched unexposed controls. The RBC level has no significant change and WBC level has a significant increased whereas Differential Leucocyte count of monocyte and basophils significantly decreased in the cement workers, while there was no significant difference in the neutrophils. Eosinophils and lymphocytes showed significantly increased in cement workers. The platelet count, MCV, RDW, PCT, PDW, MCH, MCHC were significantly decreased. The Hgb content and PCV were significantly increased. TB, DB and IB were not statistically significant. In the cytogentic analysis, the chromosomal aberration was not found in control group as well as cement worker. These results suggest that occupationally exposure to cement dust may perturb haemopoietic while preserving the genotoxic.