Impact Of Alpha Emitters On Uterus, Blood, Urine And Hormones Of Infertile Women Of Iraqi Kurdistan
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Date
2014-07
Authors
Salih, Najeba Farhad
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
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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