| Document ID (ISN) | 102837 |
| CIS number |
03-1784 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0019-8366 - Industrial Health |
| Year |
2003 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Verma Y., Kumar A., Rana S.V.S. |
| Title |
Biological monitoring of exposure to benzene in traffic policemen of north India |
| Bibliographic information |
July 2003, Vol.41, No.3, p.260-264. Illus. 24 ref. |
| Abstract |
Traffic controllers face the risk of exposure to benzene present in the ambient air as a component of fuel exhaust. Inhaled benzene is metabolized and excreted as phenol. Six traffic policemen employed at each of six major towns of north India were monitored during these investigations. 30 healthy persons (five per city) who had never been occupationally exposed to benzene and lived in clean surroundings were selected as controls. Among the exposed subjects, it was observed that urinary phenol was much higher than the values prescribed by ACGIH. Furthermore, social habits such as alcohol consumption and smoking were found to modulate benzene metabolism. It was noticed that smoking synergizes the effect of benzene whereas antagonistic effects of alcohol were observed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
India; exposure tests; road traffic control; benzene |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
antagonistic effects; threshold limit values; phenol; alcoholism; determination in urine; exposure evaluation; case-control study; synergism; smoking |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | India |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Road transportation
Biological monitoring
Alcohol and drug abuse
Aromatic hydrocarbons
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