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Annals of Occupational Hygiene

• Genotoxicity in filling station attendants exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons

  <p>Biomonitoring of exposure in workplaces has gained importance in evaluation of human health hazards. Since occupational exposure to petroleum hydrocarbons may have deleterious effects, genotoxicity risk among 200 fuel filling station attendants (FFSAs) and 200 matched controls was investigated.</p>

  • 01/10/2010

  • Annals of Occupational Hygiene
  • • Occupational Health
    • Petrol
    • Health Effects
    • Benzene
    • Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometer (GCMS)
    • Air Pollution
    • Hyderabad (T)
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Toxicity Studies

• An investigation of environmental impact on health of workers at retail petrol pumps

  <p>Ninety-four male pump workers, employed in 41 petrol filling stations in Kanpur (formerly Cawnpore) and Lucknow&mdash;both in the Ganges plain of north India&mdash;were clinically examined.

  • 01/06/1991

  • Annals of Occupational Hygiene
  • • Air Pollution
    • Health Effects
    • Occupational Health
    • Petrol
    • Kanpur (D)
    • Lucknow (D)
    • Benzene