| Title: | "Traffic-related occupational exposures to PM2.5, CO, and VOCs in Trujillo, Peru" |
| Author(s): | Han X; Aguilar-Villalobos M; Allen J; Carlton CS; Robinson R; Bayer C; Naeher LP; |
| Address: | "University of Georgia, College of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Science, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA" |
| Journal Title: | Int J Occup Environ Health |
| DOI: | 10.1179/107735205800246073 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1077-3525 (Print) 1077-3525 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A traffic-related exposure study was conducted among 58 workers (drivers, vendors, traffic police, and gas station attendants) and 10 office workers as controls in Trujillo, Peru, in July 2002. PM2.5 was collected, carbon monoxide (CO) was measured, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were sampled and analyzed. Newspaper vendors had the highest full-shift CO exposures (mean +/- SD: 11.4 +/- 8.9 ppm), while office workers had the lowest (2.0 +/- 1.7 ppm). Bus drivers had the highest full-shift PM2.5 exposures (161 +/- 8.9 microg/m3), while gas station attendants (64 +/- 26.5 microg/m3) and office workers (65 +/- 8.5 microg/m3) were the lowest. Full-shift benzene/toluene/ethylbenzene/xylene exposures (BTEX) among gas station attendants (111/254/43/214 microg/m3) were much higher than those among van and taxi drivers. Several of the traffic-related occupational exposures studied were elevated and are of occupational health concern" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollutants, Occupational/*adverse effects Carbon Monoxide/*adverse effects Humans *Occupational Exposure Particle Size Peru/epidemiology Pilot Projects Vehicle Emissions/*adverse effects Volatilization;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineHan, Xianglu Aguilar-Villalobos, Manuel Allen, John Carlton, Cameron S Robinson, Robert Bayer, Charlene Naeher, Luke P eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2005/09/01 Int J Occup Environ Health. 2005 Jul-Sep; 11(3):276-88. doi: 10.1179/107735205800246073" |
