Impact Of Alpha Emitters On Uterus, Blood, Urine And Hormones Of Infertile Women Of Iraqi Kurdistan

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2014-07
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Salih, Najeba Farhad
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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This research studied the effects of alpha emitters on blood, urine and uterus, the effects of alpha deposition on blood and its components, and how the heavy metals and pregnancy hormones affect women infertility. The motivation of this research is centered on the effect of alpha particles on women with infertility problems. Some parts of the northern Iraq are characterized by large deposits of uranium and the soil of Kurdistan is characterized by high levels of uranium for long durations. A lot of women in Kurdistan who are childless or barren (who have problems with infertility and about 2800 women were recorded in infertility Centre in one year. Therefore, the women have problems with infertility. The results in this study including; efficiency and optimum etching time of CR-39 NTDs were found to be 79.5 % and 8 hours. Maximum concentration of alpha emitters in blood was found to be 0.01635 ppm in Sedakan in Erbil, and minimum was 0.0048 ppm in Dukan in Sulaymania. Maximum concentration of alpha emitters in urine sample was 0.7376 ppm in Sedakan in Erbil, and the minimum was 0.019 ppm in Dukan in Sulaymania. Maximum concentration of alpha emitters in uterus sample was found to be 0.0733 ppm in Sedakan in Erbil and minimum was found at 0.1298 ppm in Dukan in Sulaymania. The concentration of alpha emitters in urine sample was higher than in uterus and blood samples. Highly significant difference ( p < 0.001) was found between concentrations of alpha emitters in powdered uterus/blood and fresh uterus/blood. The highest concentration of radon in kitchen and living room were found in Erbil (364.412 Bq.m-3 and 358.552 Bq.m-3). However, the results showed a higher significant statistical difference (p < 0.001) for radon concentrations in kitchens than in the living rooms. The risks of alpha particles have high significant on the several women under study in several locations in the dwellings because 40 % of radon concentration was more than 200 Bq.m-3, which was recommended by ICRP. Furthermore, the concentration of heavy metals (Pb, Zn, As, Mg, Co, Sn, Ag, Sb, Fe and Cr) associated with women infertility were measured in blood and urine using ICP – OES. A significant difference (p <0.001) of heavy metals concentration was found in blood and urine. Significant difference (p < 0.05) was found in PLT and WBC before and after irradiation (after 5 and 10 minutes) and no significant difference (p > 0.05) was found in RBC after 5 and 10 minutes of irradiation. All pregnancy hormones were showed highly significant differences (p < 0.001) before and after irradiation because all hormones reduced after irradiation. Thus, proving the negative effects of alpha particles on women with infertility problems
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