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Ind Health

Title:		Biological monitoring for exposure assessment of volatile organic compounds by Korean firefighters at the fire site
Author(s):		Kim HS; Jeong KS; Ahn YS; Song JH; Kim KY;
Address:		"Industrial Health and Work Environment Research Institute, Korean Industrial Health Association, Republic of Korea. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Republic of Korea. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Republic of Korea. Department of Safety Engineering, Seoul National University of Science & Technology, Republic of Korea"
Journal Title:		Ind Health
Year:		2022
Volume:		20211101
Issue:		5
Page Number:		475 - 484
DOI:		10.2486/indhealth.2021-0108
ISSN/ISBN:		1880-8026 (Electronic) 0019-8366 (Print) 0019-8366 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The VOCs and metabolites in urine for exposed VOCs were evaluated for firefighters who participated in the actual fire fighting to determine whether firefighters were exposed to hazardous chemicals, which is the basic data on cancer risk of firefighters. When the fire extinguishing time is long, the concentration of benzene, PHEMA, and toluene among VOCs and metabolites in the case of fire suppression, rescue, and fire investigation work, which is estimated that the exposure of hazardous substances generated from the fire site at the time of fire suppression was large, significantly increased. In the case where the number of urination is 2 or less, the concentration of TZCA, toluene, and benzene among VOCs and metabolites was significantly increased compared to the number of urinating more than 2 times. In the concentration of VOCs and metabolites in urine corrected with creatinine, the concentrations of toluene and PHEMA in urine were significantly higher. The concentration of PHEMA in urine was higher in the group who participated in the fire suppression for more than 11 hours (long time) than the group who participated in the fire suppression for a short time"
Keywords:		"*Air Pollutants, Occupational/analysis Benzene/analysis Biological Monitoring Creatinine *Firefighters *Fires Hazardous Substances Humans *Occupational Exposure/analysis Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate Republic of Korea Toluene *Volatile Organic Compounds/a;"
Notes:		"MedlineKim, Hyun-Soo Jeong, Kyoung Sook Ahn, Yeon-Soon Song, Ji Hun Kim, Ki-Youn eng Japan 2021/11/02 Ind Health. 2022 Oct 1; 60(5):475-484. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2021-0108. Epub 2021 Nov 1"