[Assessment of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during road paving].
Asphalt is a mixture of bitumen, (its fumes contain about 1% of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAH), and mineral matter. 18 Workers were investigated during road paving to assess PAH exposure by environmental air-monitoring (the 16 most relevant, according to the American Environmental Protection Agency, EPA) and biological monitoring (urinary 1-hydroxypyrene excretion). Our results show that PAH exposure in these workers is not higher than that observed in traffic policemen working in urban areas.
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Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Dipartimento di Scienze CCMMFF.
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D000328:Adult; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000633:toxicity*
D006838:Hydrocarbons; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; C006647:asphalt