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Arch Environ Health

Title:		"Exposure to methyl tertiary-butyl ether from oxygenated gasoline in Stamford, Connecticut"
Author(s):		White MC; Johnson CA; Ashley DL; Buchta TM; Pelletier DJ;
Address:		"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA"
Journal Title:		Arch Environ Health
Year:		1995
Volume:		50
Issue:		3
Page Number:		183 - 189
DOI:		10.1080/00039896.1995.9940385
ISSN/ISBN:		0003-9896 (Print) 0003-9896 (Linking)
Abstract:		"In 1993, state health officials in Connecticut invited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assist in an investigation of exposure to methyl tertiary-butyl ether in oxygenated gasoline in Stamford, Connecticut. Venous blood samples were collected from 14 commuters and from 30 other persons who worked in the vicinity of traffic or automobiles, and the samples were analyzed for methyl tertiary-butyl ether, tertiary-butyl alcohol, benzene, m-/p-xylene, o-xylene, and toluene. The highest levels of methyl tertiary-butyl ether in blood were measured among gasoline service station attendants (median = 15 micrograms/l, range = 7.6-28.9 micrograms/l). Blood levels of methyl tertiary-butyl ether were highly variable among persons who worked in car-repair shops (median = 1.73 micrograms/l, range = 0.17-36.7 micrograms/l) and were generally lowest among commuters (median = 0.11 micrograms/l, range = < 0.05-2.60 micrograms/l). Blood levels of methyl tertiary-butyl ether were correlated strongly with personal-breathing-zone samples of methyl tertiary-butyl ether and blood levels of other volatile organic compounds. This exposure information should prove useful to a future risk analysis of this high-volume chemical"
Keywords:		"Air Pollutants/*analysis Benzene/analysis Butanols/analysis Connecticut Data Interpretation, Statistical *Environmental Exposure Ethers/*analysis/*blood Female Gasoline/*analysis Humans Male *Methyl Ethers Occupational Exposure Occupations Odds Ratio Smok;"
Notes:		"MedlineWhite, M C Johnson, C A Ashley, D L Buchta, T M Pelletier, D J eng Comparative Study Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 1995/05/01 Arch Environ Health. 1995 May-Jun; 50(3):183-9. doi: 10.1080/00039896.1995.9940385"