a Record control number WOS:000337746500012

a ISSN 0022-2151

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number WV335

b Item number .E34 2014

a Personal name Erkul, E.

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title Effects of indoor swimming pools on the nasal cytology of pool workers

c Statement of responsibility, etc E.Erkul, A.Yaz, C.Cingi, H.M.Inancli, T.San, C.Bal.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Cambrıdge Unıv Press,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2014.

a Summary, etc Objective: We aimed to evaluate the relationship between swimming pool pollutants and allergic rhinitis in swimming pool workers.Materials and methods: Twenty-seven indoor pool workers (group 1) and 49 control subjects (group 2) were enrolled in the study. A skin prick test was performed and a nasal smear was obtained from each subject to evaluate rhinitis. Results: When the groups were compared in terms of epithelial cells, group 1 had significantly more epithelial cells than group 2. When the groups were compared with regard to eosinophils, group 1 had significantly more eosinophils than group 2. The skin prick test results for both groups were not significantly different.Conclusion: Indoor pool workers showed severe symptoms of rhinitis and eosinophilic nasal cytology, likely due to chlorine. Nasal cytology is an easy-to-administer diagnostic test and can be used to follow up rhinitis in indoor pool workers, along with nasal endoscopy, a detailed clinical history and a skin prick test.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Rhinitis, Allergic

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

g Relationship information May 2014, Vol.128, Issue:5, p.442-446

t Title Journal of Laryngology and Otology

x International Standard Serial Number 00222151

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022215114000784