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BIOMarkers for occupational diesel exhaust exposure monitoring (BIOMODEM)--a study in underground mining

BIOMarkers for occupational diesel exhaust exposure monitoring (BIOMODEM)--a study in underground mining
BIOMarkers for occupational diesel exhaust exposure monitoring (BIOMODEM)--a study in underground mining
Methods for the assessment of exposures to diesel exhaust were evaluated, including various biomarkers of internal exposure and early biological effects. The impact of possible biomarkers of susceptibility was also explored. Underground workers (drivers of diesel-powered excavators) at an oil shale mine in Estonia were compared with surface workers. Personal exposures to particle-associated 1-nitropyrene (NP) were some eight times higher underground than on the surface. Underground miners were also occupationally exposed to benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, as indicated by excretion of urinary metabolites of benzene and pyrene. In addition, increased O6-alkylguanine DNA adducts were detected in the white blood cells of underground workers, suggesting higher exposure to nitroso-compounds. However, no differences between underground and surface workers were observed in the levels of other bulky DNA adducts determined by 32P-postlabelling, or in DNA damage. The study indicated that smoking, diet and residential indoor air pollution are important non-occupational factors to consider when interpreting biomonitoring results.
biological monitoring, benzene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, 1-nitropyrene, dna adducts, dna damage
0378-4274
305-317
Scheepers, P. T.
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Coggon, D.
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Knudsen, L. E.
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Anzion, R.
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Autrup, H.
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Bogovski, S.
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Bos, R. P.
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Dahmann, D.
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Farmer, P.
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Martin, E. A.
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Micka, V.
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Muzyka, V.
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Neumann, H. G.
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Poole, J.
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Schmidt-Ott, A.
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Seiler, F.
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Volf, J.
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Zwirner-Baier, I.
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Scheepers, P. T.
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Coggon, D.
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Knudsen, L. E.
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Anzion, R.
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Autrup, H.
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Bogovski, S.
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Bos, R. P.
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Dahmann, D.
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Farmer, P.
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Martin, E. A.
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Micka, V.
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Neumann, H. G.
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Poole, J.
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Schmidt-Ott, A.
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Seiler, F.
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Volf, J.
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Scheepers, P. T., Coggon, D., Knudsen, L. E., Anzion, R., Autrup, H., Bogovski, S., Bos, R. P., Dahmann, D., Farmer, P., Martin, E. A., Micka, V., Muzyka, V., Neumann, H. G., Poole, J., Schmidt-Ott, A., Seiler, F., Volf, J. and Zwirner-Baier, I. (2002) BIOMarkers for occupational diesel exhaust exposure monitoring (BIOMODEM)--a study in underground mining. Toxicology Letters, 134 (1-3), 305-317. (doi:10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00195-9).

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Methods for the assessment of exposures to diesel exhaust were evaluated, including various biomarkers of internal exposure and early biological effects. The impact of possible biomarkers of susceptibility was also explored. Underground workers (drivers of diesel-powered excavators) at an oil shale mine in Estonia were compared with surface workers. Personal exposures to particle-associated 1-nitropyrene (NP) were some eight times higher underground than on the surface. Underground miners were also occupationally exposed to benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, as indicated by excretion of urinary metabolites of benzene and pyrene. In addition, increased O6-alkylguanine DNA adducts were detected in the white blood cells of underground workers, suggesting higher exposure to nitroso-compounds. However, no differences between underground and surface workers were observed in the levels of other bulky DNA adducts determined by 32P-postlabelling, or in DNA damage. The study indicated that smoking, diet and residential indoor air pollution are important non-occupational factors to consider when interpreting biomonitoring results.

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Published date: 2002
Keywords: biological monitoring, benzene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, 1-nitropyrene, dna adducts, dna damage

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Local EPrints ID: 24498
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/24498
ISSN: 0378-4274
PURE UUID: 695abf98-8746-46e8-a579-2483b5249a18
ORCID for D. Coggon: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1930-3987

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Date deposited: 31 Mar 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:53

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Author: P. T. Scheepers
Author: D. Coggon ORCID iD
Author: L. E. Knudsen
Author: R. Anzion
Author: H. Autrup
Author: S. Bogovski
Author: R. P. Bos
Author: D. Dahmann
Author: P. Farmer
Author: E. A. Martin
Author: V. Micka
Author: V. Muzyka
Author: H. G. Neumann
Author: J. Poole
Author: A. Schmidt-Ott
Author: F. Seiler
Author: J. Volf
Author: I. Zwirner-Baier

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