Urine phenol levels among Thai police, implications for occupational health.
In this study, we study an at-risk occupation, the police. Forty-five urine samples were obtained from 45 Thai police working close to traffic in an urban area, for analysis of urine phenol levels. The average (mean +/- SD) urine phenol level in these police was 16.94 +/- 11.72 mg/g-Cr. Significantly higher urine phenol levels were found among police who had worked for longer durations (p < 0.05).
Soogarun
Suphan
S
Department of Clinical Microscopy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Wiwanitkit
Viroj
V
Suwansaksri
Jamsai
J
D000328:Adult; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D019800:Phenol / Q000652:urine*; D016495:Police; D013785:Thailand
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D019800:Phenol