PASSIVE SMOKING AT WORK - BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL MEASURES OF EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO-SMOKE
PASSIVE SMOKING AT WORK - BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL MEASURES OF EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO-SMOKE
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00405277
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发表时间:
1987-01-01
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
EINISTO, P
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作者:
HUSGAFVELPURSIAINEN, K;SORSA, M;EINISTO, P
Several biochemical and biological measures of tobacco smoke intake were used to evaluate exposure of restaurant personnel to environmental tobacco smoke as compared with active smokers and non-exposed non-smokers. All of the measured parameters-carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb), thiocyanate (SCN) and cotinine in plasma, cotinine and mutagenicity in urine, total white blood cell count (WBC), and sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequency in cultured lymphocytes-were significantly elevated in the smoker group (n = 22) compared to the non-exposed group (n = 20). Work-related passive exposure (n = 27) was seen most clearly in the cotinine values, both from plasma (mean P-cot in passive smokers 10 ng/ml vs. 5.2 ng/ml in non-exposed) and from urine (mean U-cot in passive smokers 56 ng/ml vs. 8.3 ng/ml in non-exposed), but significant increases were also seen in the thiocyanate levels (mean P-SNC in passive smokers 58 .mu.mol/l vs 46 .mu.mol/l in non-exposed) and, as a preliminary finding in total leucocyte count (in passive smokers 8.0 .times. 109/l vs 6.8 .times. 109/l in non-exposed). The results demonstrate that environmental tobacco smoke may be an occupational health hazard.