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Title: Benchmark dose estimation for coke oven emissions based on oxidative damage in Chinese exposed workers.

Authors: Zou, Kaili; Wang, Pengpeng; Duan, Xiaoran; Yang, Yongli; Zhang, Hui; Wang, Sihua; Shi, Liuhua; Wang, Yanbin; Yao, Wu; Wang, Wei

Published In Ecotoxicol Environ Saf, (2020 Oct 01)

Abstract: Coke oven emissions (COEs) can cause oxidative stress of the body, which in turn induces the occupational lung disease and also increases the risk of other diseases. COEs are the major occupational hazard factors for coke oven workers. The aim of the study is to explore the influences of COEs exposure on oxidative damage and estimate the benchmark dose (BMD) of COEs. A group of 542 workers exposed to COEs and 237 healthy controls from the same city were recruited in this study. The corresponding measuring kits were used to determine the plasma biomarkers of oxidative damage level. Generalized linear models and trend tests were used to analyze the relationship between COEs exposure and biomarkers. EPA Benchmark Dose Software was performed to calculate BMD and the lower confidence limit of the benchmark dose (BMDL) of COEs exposure. A significant association was observed between COEs exposure and oxidative damage with T-AOC as a biomarker. The BMD of COEs exposure were 2.83 mg/m3 and 1.39 mg/m3 for males and females, respectively, and the corresponding BMDL were 1.47 mg/m3 and 0.75 mg/m3, respectively. Our results suggested that the exposure level of COEs below the current national occupational exposure limits (OELs) would induce oxidative damage, and the OEL of COEs based on the T-AOC damage was suggested at 0.03 mg/m3 in this study.

PubMed ID: 32623235 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Adult; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Benchmarking; Biomarkers/metabolism; Coke/analysis; Coke/toxicity*; DNA Damage; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Occupational Diseases/metabolism*; Occupational Exposure/analysis*; Occupational Exposure/statistics & numerical data; Oxidative Stress/physiology*; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/analysis; Pyrenes/analysis; Waste Products

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