Comparison of personal air benzene and urine <i>t,t</i>-muconic acid as a benzene exposure surrogate during turnaround maintenance in petrochemical plants

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  • KOH Dong-Hee
    Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, International St. Mary’s Hospital, Catholic Kwandong University, Korea
  • LEE Mi-Young
    Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Korea
  • CHUNG Eun-Kyo
    Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Korea
  • JANG Jae-Kil
    Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Korea
  • PARK Dong-Uk
    Department of Environmental Health, Korea National Open University, Korea

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  • Comparison of personal air benzene and urine t,t-muconic acid as a benzene exposure surrogate during turnaround maintenance in petrochemical plants

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<p>Previous studies have shown that biomarkers of chemicals with long half-lives may be better surrogates of exposure for epidemiological analyses, leading to less attenuation of the exposure-disease association, than personal air samples. However, chemicals with short half-lives have shown inconsistent results. In the present study, we compared pairs of personal air benzene and its short-half-life urinary metabolite trans,trans-muconic acid (t,t-MA), and predicted attenuation bias of theoretical exposure-disease association. Total 669 pairs of personal air benzene and urine t,t-MA samples were taken from 474 male workers during turnaround maintenance operations held in seven petrochemical plants. Maintenance jobs were classified into 13 groups. Variance components were calculated for personal air benzene and urine t,t-MA separately to estimate the attenuation of the theoretical exposure-disease association. Personal air benzene and urine t,t-MA showed similar attenuation of the theoretical exposure-disease association. Analyses for repeated measurements showed similar results, while in analyses for values above the limits of detection (LODs), urine t,t-MA showed less attenuation of the theoretical exposure-disease association than personal air benzene. Our findings suggest that there may be no significant difference in attenuation bias when personal air benzene or urine t,t-MA is used as a surrogate for benzene exposure.</p>

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  • Industrial Health

    Industrial Health 56 (4), 346-355, 2018

    National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

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