Exposure to benzene in urban workers: environmental and biological monitoring of traffic police in Rome

Crebelli, Riccardo; Tomei, Francesco; Zijno, Andrea; Ghittori, S; Imbriani, Marcello; Gamberale, D; Martini, Agnese; Carere, A.

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“…9 In the study conducted by Ingle, it was found that the mean age of traffic policemen was 40 (±15) years in total 60 traffic policemen in Jalgaon city, Maharashtra, India. 10 Pal et al carried out a study in Pondicherry, on 30 traffic policemen in which it was found that the mean age of traffic policemen was 38.83 (±1.17) years.…”

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Study of socio-demographic factors and morbidity profile of traffic policemen in Solapur city of Maharashtra

Haralkar

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2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: The traffic policemen are engaged in controlling vehicular traffic and exposed to higher concentrations of air pollution as well as noise pollution daily. Hence they are at a risk of developing various health problems due to their occupation. Methods: The aim of study was to study socio-demographic characteristics and morbidity profile of traffic policemen. A cross sectional study was carried out on 114 traffic policemen form the traffic control branch of the city from the police headquarter of the city. History regarding symptoms experienced at the workplace, history of present illness, past history, personal history and family history was obtained and clinical examination was done. Statistical analysis was done with the help of percentages, chi-square test. Results: Majority (89.47%) of the traffic policemen were married. Nuclear family type was seen in majority (64.91%) of traffic policemen. Annoyance to noise (51.75%) and eye irritation (32.46%) were most common symptoms experienced at work place by the traffic policemen. Obesity was a major health problem in the study subjects (63.16%). Respiratory morbidity like URTI (14.91%) and chronic rhinitis (14.04%) were found significantly more in the traffic policemen. Conclusions: Annoyance to noise and eye irritation were most common symptoms experienced at work place by the traffic policemen. Respiratory morbidity like URTI, chronic rhinitis and chronic bronchitis were most common.

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Study of socio-demographic factors and morbidity profile of traffic policemen in Solapur city of Maharashtra

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2017

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“…For this reason in our previous researches we have studied exposure dosage to benzene, toluene and other aromatic hydrocarbons in Municipal Police employees of the city in question. Time weighted average (TWA) exposure to benzene (mean 10.7 and 3.6 µg/m 3 , respectively) and to toluene (mean 40.7 and 13.5 µg/m 3 , respectively) was significantly higher among police officers than among indoor workers 24,26) . Since previous studies have already measured the environmental and biological levels in our working population and it is well known that police officers' exposure dosage is significantly higher than controls, we didn't repeat the exposure dosage study in this work 24,26,27) .…”

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“…Time weighted average (TWA) exposure to benzene (mean 10.7 and 3.6 µg/m 3 , respectively) and to toluene (mean 40.7 and 13.5 µg/m 3 , respectively) was significantly higher among police officers than among indoor workers 24,26) . Since previous studies have already measured the environmental and biological levels in our working population and it is well known that police officers' exposure dosage is significantly higher than controls, we didn't repeat the exposure dosage study in this work 24,26,27) . Several studies in the literature have studied the relationship between noise and hypertension and reported that the effects of noise on the cardiovascular system may be caused by autonomic nervous system activation with an increase in catecholamine release [15][16][17][18][19] .…”

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“…The class of workers examined in this study were employees of the Municipal Police of a big Italian city, for whom we have already studied, in previous studies, the environmental and biological levels of some urban pollutants [24][25][26][27] . Exposure dosage to benzene was (mean 7 h) 10.7 µg/m 3 for police officers but about three times lower (3.6 µg/m 3 ) in controls 24,26) . Although unleaded petrol had been introduced, a mixed regime existed in Italy at the time of this study (use of leaded and unleaded petrol).…”

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Ambulatory (24 Hour) Blood Pressure Monitoring in Police Officers

Tomei

Rosati

Baccolo

et al. 2004

Journal of Occupational Health

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Ambulatory (24 Hour) Blood Pressure Monitoring in Police Officers: Francesco Tomei, et al. University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Department of Occupational Medicine, Italy—The aim of the study is to evaluate, by ambulatory (24 h) blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), whether police officers exposed to urban pollutants and possible psycho‐social stressors could be at risk of changes in ambulatory systolic blood pressure (SBP), and ambulatory diastolic blood pressure (DBP) compared to controls. After excluding the principal confounding factors, police officers and controls have been subdivided into non‐smoker and smoker subjects. Police officers were compared by sex, age, length of service, family history of cardiovascular disease, serum total cholesterol, serum HDL cholesterol, serum LDL cholesterol, plasma triglyceride, body mass index (BMI kg/m2) and drinking habits with controls. Smoker police officers were compared with controls also by the smoking habit. In the non smoker group 77 police officers with outdoor activity (38 men and 39 women) and 87 controls with indoor activity (43 men and 44 women) were studied. In the smoker group 43 police officers (21 men and 22 women) and 29 controls (15 men and 14 women) were studied. In non smoker male police officers ambulatory SBP mean values during 24 h, during day‐time and during night‐time were significantly higher than controls. In the same group ambulatory DBP values during 24 h and between 6 AM and 11 AM and between 10 PM and 6 AM were significantly higher in police officers than controls. The results suggest that occupational exposure to urban pollutants and possible psychosocial stressors could cause changes in ABPM values in male police officers compared to controls.

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“…Elevated exposure to air pollutants has been reported for policemen (Crebelli et al, 2001;Riediker et al, 2003) and workers exposed to motor exhaust (Lewné et al, 2007). Noise was not measured in these studies.…”

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Exposure of Highway Maintenance Workers to Fine Particulate Matter and Noise

Meier

Cascio

Danuser

et al. 2013

The Annals of Occupational Hygiene

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in this study, we assessed the mixed exposure of highway maintenance workers to airborne particles, noise, and gaseous co-pollutants. the aim was to provide a better understanding of the workers' exposure to facilitate the evaluation of short-term effects on cardiovascular health endpoints. to quantify the workers' exposure, we monitored 18 subjects during 50 nonconsecutive work shifts. Exposure assessment was based on personal and work site measurements and included fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), particle number concentration (PNC), noise (leq), and the gaseous co-pollutants: carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone. Mean work shift PM 2.5 concentrations (gravimetric measurements) ranged from 20.3 to 321 μg m −3 (mean 62 μg m −3 ) and PNC were between 1.6 × 10 4 and 4.1 × 10 5 particles cm −3 (8.9 × 10 4 particles cm −3 ). Noise levels were generally high with leq over work shifts from 73.3 to 96.0 dB(a); the averaged leq over all work shifts was 87.2 dB(a). the highest exposure to fine and ultrafine particles was measured during grass mowing and lumbering when motorized brush cutters and chain saws were used. Highest noise levels, caused by pneumatic hammers, were measured during paving and guardrail repair. We found moderate spearman correlations between PNC and PM 2.5 (r = 0.56); PNC, PM 2.5 , and Co (r = 0.60 and r = 0.50) as well as PNC and noise (r = 0.50). Variability and correlation of parameters were influenced by work activities that included equipment causing combined air pollutant and noise emissions (e.g. brush cutters and chain saws). We conclude that highway maintenance workers are frequently exposed to elevated airborne particle and noise levels compared with the average population. this elevated exposure is a consequence of the permanent proximity to highway traffic with additional peak exposures caused by emissions of the work-related equipment.

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Exposure to benzene in urban workers: environmental and biological monitoring of traffic police in Rome

Cited by 115 publications

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Study of socio-demographic factors and morbidity profile of traffic policemen in Solapur city of Maharashtra

Study of socio-demographic factors and morbidity profile of traffic policemen in Solapur city of Maharashtra

Ambulatory (24 Hour) Blood Pressure Monitoring in Police Officers

Exposure of Highway Maintenance Workers to Fine Particulate Matter and Noise

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