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Industrial Health 1999, 37, 469-473
Field Report
Assessment of Workers' Exposure to Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Paint Industry
Parvin NASSIRI and Farideh GOLBABAI
Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health & Institute of Public Health Research, P.O. Box 6446-14155, Tehran-Iran
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Received December 17, 1998 and accepted June 21, 1999
Abstract: A factory survey was conducted in a paint industry in Tehran-Iran. The time-weighted average of toluene and xylene concentration in breathing zone and environmental air were monitored by charcoal tube samplers and GC-FID. The results showed that the tank cleaners had the highest exposure to toluene and xylene (1.5ミ5.4 times of TLV), while the workers in packaging workshops had the lowest. However, environmental concentration did not show significant differences in workshops and their levels were all lower than the TLV.
Key words: Toluene, Xylene, Worker, Exposure, Paint industry, Tank cleaner
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