Occupational Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Polish Coke Plant Workers

Lung cancer mortality and exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in British coke oven workers

BACKGROUND Workers on coke oven plants may be exposed to potentially carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), particularly during work on the ovens tops. Two cohorts, employees of National Smokeless Fuels (NSF) and the British Steel Corporation (BSC) totalling more than 6,600 British coke plant workers employed in 1967, had been followed up to mid-1987 for mortality. Previous analy...

Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Sperm Quality of Coke-oven Workers

dicting results. The aim of this follow-up study was to examine the association between prenatal exposure to DDE and PCB and motor development and developmental milestones; crawling, standing-up and walking in children in Greenland, Ukraine and Poland. Methods CB-153 and p,p’-DDE were measured in maternal blood in second or third trimester of pregnancy as a bio-marker of the child’s prenatal ex...

Occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during Diesel combustion.

Identification and determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Diesel exhaust in the working environment and assessment of workers' occupational exposure to these suspected human carcinogens were the aim of this experimental investigation. The range of exposure factors calculated on the basis of 9 individual PAH concentrations determined in personal air samples shows that time-a...

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Sperm quality and DNA integrity of coke oven workers exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to assess sperm quality and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) integrity of coke oven workers exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as compared to control subjects. MATERIAL AND METHODS The coke oven workers (N = 52) and administrative staff (N = 35) of a steel plant served as the exposed and control groups, respectively. Exposure to PAHs was a...