Abstract:Aim: This work aimed at studying the prevalence of ischemic heart diseases (IHD) among heat-exposed workers and the extent of having the high risk factors particularly dyslipidemia and hypertension among this group of workers. Besides, the cardioprotective role of heat shock protein 70 (HSP 70), as a molecular heat exposure biomarker, was clarified. Subjects: The study subjects consisted of a heat-exposed 29 bakers group employed in 10 manual bakeries and a matched heat unexposed group (n= 29). Methods: Every … Show more
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