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Assessing the effect of BTEX on blood and spirometry parameters staff in a petroleum refinery

This study aimed to investigate the impact of BTEX compound on blood and spirometry parameters of staff in the Abadan petroleum refinery (Iran). In 80 staff was examined in terms of BTEX exposure (40 exposed and 40 non-exposed). In this study, the air sampling was carried out according to the NIOSH...

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Autores principales: Jalilian, Samad, Sabzalipour, Sima, Mohammadi Rouzbahani, Maryam, Rajabzadeh Ghatrami, Ebrahim, Ibrahimy Ghavamabadi, Leila
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9686402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36438252
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1037413
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author Jalilian, Samad
Sabzalipour, Sima
Mohammadi Rouzbahani, Maryam
Rajabzadeh Ghatrami, Ebrahim
Ibrahimy Ghavamabadi, Leila
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Sabzalipour, Sima
Mohammadi Rouzbahani, Maryam
Rajabzadeh Ghatrami, Ebrahim
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description This study aimed to investigate the impact of BTEX compound on blood and spirometry parameters of staff in the Abadan petroleum refinery (Iran). In 80 staff was examined in terms of BTEX exposure (40 exposed and 40 non-exposed). In this study, the air sampling was carried out according to the NIOSH 1,501 method and an automated hematology analyzer was used to analyze all blood samples to evaluate blood parameters and using a Micro Direct automated computerized spirometer. Spss20 software was used to interpret the performance. According to the obtained results, total BTEX concentrations with the recommended standard level showed that, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes, concentrations in Abadan Oil Refining Company Workers' breathing zone were lower than the TLV-TWA recommended by ACGIH. However, the average concentration of benzene was higher than the allowable limit. Therefore, in this study the effect of benzene on the blood and respiratory parameters of the workers was evaluated, the comparison of the blood and respiratory parameters between the groups of exposed and unexposed workers did not reveal any statistical difference between the groups (p > 0.001). The results showed no statistically significant connection between mean blood and spirometry parameters and benzene exposure. Also, based on results the effect of benzene problems needs to be prevented in employees with adequate engineering and management controls and periodic inspection.
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spelling pubmed-96864022022-11-25 Assessing the effect of BTEX on blood and spirometry parameters staff in a petroleum refinery Jalilian, Samad Sabzalipour, Sima Mohammadi Rouzbahani, Maryam Rajabzadeh Ghatrami, Ebrahim Ibrahimy Ghavamabadi, Leila Front Public Health Public Health This study aimed to investigate the impact of BTEX compound on blood and spirometry parameters of staff in the Abadan petroleum refinery (Iran). In 80 staff was examined in terms of BTEX exposure (40 exposed and 40 non-exposed). In this study, the air sampling was carried out according to the NIOSH 1,501 method and an automated hematology analyzer was used to analyze all blood samples to evaluate blood parameters and using a Micro Direct automated computerized spirometer. Spss20 software was used to interpret the performance. According to the obtained results, total BTEX concentrations with the recommended standard level showed that, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes, concentrations in Abadan Oil Refining Company Workers' breathing zone were lower than the TLV-TWA recommended by ACGIH. However, the average concentration of benzene was higher than the allowable limit. Therefore, in this study the effect of benzene on the blood and respiratory parameters of the workers was evaluated, the comparison of the blood and respiratory parameters between the groups of exposed and unexposed workers did not reveal any statistical difference between the groups (p > 0.001). The results showed no statistically significant connection between mean blood and spirometry parameters and benzene exposure. Also, based on results the effect of benzene problems needs to be prevented in employees with adequate engineering and management controls and periodic inspection. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9686402/ /pubmed/36438252 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1037413 Text en Copyright © 2022 Jalilian, Sabzalipour, Mohammadi Rouzbahani, Rajabzadeh Ghatrami and Ibrahimy Ghavamabadi. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Jalilian, Samad
Sabzalipour, Sima
Mohammadi Rouzbahani, Maryam
Rajabzadeh Ghatrami, Ebrahim
Ibrahimy Ghavamabadi, Leila
Assessing the effect of BTEX on blood and spirometry parameters staff in a petroleum refinery
title Assessing the effect of BTEX on blood and spirometry parameters staff in a petroleum refinery
title_full Assessing the effect of BTEX on blood and spirometry parameters staff in a petroleum refinery
title_fullStr Assessing the effect of BTEX on blood and spirometry parameters staff in a petroleum refinery
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the effect of BTEX on blood and spirometry parameters staff in a petroleum refinery
title_short Assessing the effect of BTEX on blood and spirometry parameters staff in a petroleum refinery
title_sort assessing the effect of btex on blood and spirometry parameters staff in a petroleum refinery
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9686402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36438252
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1037413
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