Hematologic Evaluation of Painting Hall Workers in an Automobile Manufacturing Company

Harati, Bahram; Shahtaheri, Seyed Jamaled­din; Karimi, Ali; Azam, Kamal; Ahmadi, Alireza; Rad, Maryam Afzali

doi:10.5812/semj.57350

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“…Automotive garage workers are exposed to different chemicals in their workplaces, which is supported by El-Saadawy MS et al (2011) [26] who found garage workers are exposed to skin irritants in their workplaces [26][27][28], such as oils, greases, solvents, and detergents. Respiratory tract irritation was found in 49.29% of automotive garage workers, which is in line with a previous report [29] that reported workers exposed to VOCs presented lower levels of FVC, VC, and PEF than the control group, except FEV1/FVC%, FEV1, FEF2575 and FEV1/VC%. Automotive mechanics are also at increased risk for inhaling aromatic hydrocarbons, which can cause serious health issues in workers.…”

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Urinary toluene levels and adverse health symptoms among automotive garage workers, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand

Decharat

2021

Environ Anal Health Toxicol

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To determine their urinary toluene levels, to describe the workers’ hygiene behaviors and the prevalence of adverse health symptoms among automotive garage workers exposed to chemical substances. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted by interviewing among automotive garages located in the Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand. During between 1 November 2020 and 31 December 2020. A total of 140 automotive garages workers were selected using a purposive sampling method. The questionnaire was conducted via face-to-face interview and the toluene was quantified using gas chromatography. Descriptive statistics were computed for the variables. Risk factors were evaluated using multiple logistic regression analysis. Adjusted odds ratio (ORadj) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were presented as statistically significant when the p value was < 0.05. The Mann–Whitney U test was used to compare the medians of continuous variables of the two groups. The prevalence of skin effects (60.71%); respiratory tract irritation (49.29%); nausea (46.43%); and dizziness (40.71%) was remarkable in the automotive garage workers. Several socio-demographic variables were significantly associated with increased skin effects, respiratory tract irritant, nausea, and dizziness. The median urinary toluene level of the automotive garage workers was 145 μg/L (range, 12.0-958.0 μg/L) which the median urinary levels and demographic characteristics, occupational lifestyle, personal protective equipment used, hygiene behavior, and adverse health symptoms had significantly significant different (p< 0.05).Urine is one of the most useful a sample for biomonitoring of occupational exposure to toluene. Personal hygiene is important for the automotive garage workers, and it should be emphasized in education programs.

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Urinary toluene levels and adverse health symptoms among automotive garage workers, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand

Decharat

2021

Environ Anal Health Toxicol

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“…Likewise, TEX accounts for the majority in VOCs from architectural paints and household products. The detected positive associations with COPD were in line with previous findings who illustrated the potential effects of TEX on the diminution of lung function and airway inflammation [ 5 , 6 , 38 ]. Yoon et al observed that urinary levels hippuric acid and methyl-hippuric acid (biomarkers for toluene and xylene, respectively) were related to the drop of forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1 ) and FEV1/forced vital capacity (FVC).…”

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Source-Specific Volatile Organic Compounds and Emergency Hospital Admissions for Cardiorespiratory Diseases

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Kioumourtzoglou

Sun

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IJERPH

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Knowledge gaps remain regarding the cardiorespiratory impacts of ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for the general population. This study identified contributing sources to ambient VOCs and estimated the short-term effects of VOC apportioned sources on daily emergency hospital admissions for cardiorespiratory diseases in Hong Kong from 2011 to 2014. We estimated VOC source contributions using fourteen organic chemicals by positive matrix factorization. Then, we examined the associations between the short-term exposure to VOC apportioned sources and emergency hospital admissions for cause-specific cardiorespiratory diseases using generalized additive models with polynomial distributed lag models while controlling for meteorological and co-pollutant confounders. We identified six VOC sources: gasoline emissions, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) usage, aged VOCs, architectural paints, household products, and biogenic emissions. We found that increased emergency hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were positively linked to ambient VOCs from gasoline emissions (excess risk (ER%): 2.1%; 95% CI: 0.9% to 3.4%), architectural paints (ER%: 1.5%; 95% CI: 0.2% to 2.9%), and household products (ER%: 1.5%; 95% CI: 0.2% to 2.8%), but negatively associated with biogenic VOCs (ER%: −6.6%; 95% CI: −10.4% to −2.5%). Increased congestive heart failure admissions were positively related to VOCs from architectural paints and household products in cold seasons. This study suggested that source-specific VOCs might trigger the exacerbation of cardiorespiratory diseases.

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“…[14] In a previous study, auto paint shop workers exposed to benzene have been shown to be at high risk for hematological diseases, such as leukemia and lymphoma. [15] Another study on auto paint shops measured aromatic hydro-…”

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Aplastic Anemia In An Automotive Paint Shop Worker

Kurtul¹

2020

Anatol JFM

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Hematologic Evaluation of Painting Hall Workers in an Automobile Manufacturing Company

Cited by 7 publications

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Urinary toluene levels and adverse health symptoms among automotive garage workers, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand

Urinary toluene levels and adverse health symptoms among automotive garage workers, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand

Source-Specific Volatile Organic Compounds and Emergency Hospital Admissions for Cardiorespiratory Diseases

Aplastic Anemia In An Automotive Paint Shop Worker

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