TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Italian asphalt workers
AU - Cirla, Piero Emanuele
AU - Martinotti, Irene
AU - Buratti, Marina
AU - Fustinoni, Silvia
AU - Campo, Laura
AU - Zito, Epifania
AU - Prandi, Enzandrea
AU - Longhi, Omar
AU - Cavallo, Domenico
AU - Foà, Vito
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The purpose of the work was the assessment of exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH), a family of ubiquitous pollutants of which some are carcinogens, in 100 Italian asphalt workers (exposed to bitumen fumes and diesel exhausts) and in a reference group of 47 ground construction operators (exposed only to diesel exhausts, reference group). The protocol included interview via questionnaires, environmental air-monitoring (active personal sampling during the work shift), dermal contamination measures (six pads placed on worker's wrist, neck, arm, chest, thigh, and ankle), and biological monitoring (determination of 1-hydroxypyrene in urine spot samples collected three at different moments: baseline after two days of vacation, before shift, and at end shift on a day in the second half of the week). Analysis of the most relevant PAH, according to the American Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, was performed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) by fluorimetric detector. Median airborne levels of PAH ranged from 426 to below 0.03 ng/m3. Vapor-phase PAH, apart from naphthalene, were significantly higher in asphalt workers than in the reference group. Particle-phase PAH were similar and very low (
AB - The purpose of the work was the assessment of exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH), a family of ubiquitous pollutants of which some are carcinogens, in 100 Italian asphalt workers (exposed to bitumen fumes and diesel exhausts) and in a reference group of 47 ground construction operators (exposed only to diesel exhausts, reference group). The protocol included interview via questionnaires, environmental air-monitoring (active personal sampling during the work shift), dermal contamination measures (six pads placed on worker's wrist, neck, arm, chest, thigh, and ankle), and biological monitoring (determination of 1-hydroxypyrene in urine spot samples collected three at different moments: baseline after two days of vacation, before shift, and at end shift on a day in the second half of the week). Analysis of the most relevant PAH, according to the American Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, was performed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) by fluorimetric detector. Median airborne levels of PAH ranged from 426 to below 0.03 ng/m3. Vapor-phase PAH, apart from naphthalene, were significantly higher in asphalt workers than in the reference group. Particle-phase PAH were similar and very low (
KW - 1-hydroxypyrene
KW - Air monitoring
KW - Asphalt workers
KW - Bitumen fumes
KW - Dermal exposure
KW - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
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U2 - 10.1080/15459620601115768
DO - 10.1080/15459620601115768
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34248680190
SN - 1545-9624
VL - 4
SP - 87
EP - 99
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
IS - SUPPL.1
ER -