High urine hippuric acid level among police working close to traffic in an urban area,Thailand: a preliminary study |
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| Authors: | Viroj Wiwanitkit Jamsai Suwansaksri Suphan Soogarun |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, 10330 Bangkok, Thailand;(2) Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, 10330 Bangkok, Thailand;(3) Department of Clinical Microscopy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, 10330 Bangkok, Thailand |
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| Abstract: | Toluene is of particular concern because recent research indicating that toluene exposure can result in several toxicities.
Hence, toluene exposure is of particular concern because of ongoing exposure to thousands of workers in the industrial plants.
Determination of the urine hippuric acid level is accepted as a helpful for monitoring risk groups of workers. Apart from
the industrial workers, there are other occupations with high risk for toluene exposure. In this study, we study another at-risk
occupation, the police. In this study, 45 urine samples were obtained from 45 Thai police working close to traffic in an urban
area for determination for urine hippuric acid level. The average urine hippuric acid level was 0.70 ± 0.70 mg/gCr, respectively.
This average is significant higher than that of the control non-exposed Thais (P < 0.05). Working in the air pollution in the urban area can be health hazard for the police. Exposure to the toluene from
automobile exhaust can be an important occupational problem for these police. |
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| Keywords: | Hippuric acid Police Toluene |
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