Assessment of health effects in workers at gasoline station
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Genotoxic Monitoring and Benzene Exposure Assessment of Gasoline Station Workers in Bangkok
Air pollution caused by traffic transportation, fuel combustions and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) composition of gasoline, has progressed to be a serious health problem in Bangkok, Thailand, especially among occupational workers as gasoline station workers (Land transportation department, 2000; Muttamara and Leong, 2000). Exposure to gasoline vapors is classified by the International Agenc...
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Occupational exposure of gasoline station workers to BTEX compounds in Bangkok, Thailand.
BACKGROUND Gasoline station workers are exposed to volatile organic compounds such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX). OBJECTIVE To determine the level of exposure to BTEX compounds among gasoline station workers and measure the roadside concentrations of these compounds in the inner and outer areas of Bangkok, Thailand. METHODS 49 workers at 6 gasoline stations in the inne...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1840-4812,1512-8601
DOI: 10.17305/bjbms.2002.3579