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- Occupational exposure to paint solvents and particulate material in car repair shops
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
- 1415-2983
- Aims: We evaluated solvents and total particulates exposures in auto body repair shops together with a search of painter's related complaints. Methods: 26 painters exposures were evaluated by pumped personal sampling; solvents were retained in charcoal sorbent tubes and the particulates in PVC filters. Painter's personal habits and their work characteristics were obtained through a questionnaire, applied in a private interview. For the symptoms the Q16 questionnaire was used, added of questions about complaints during the painting. Results: High exposures were detected during spray painting. For solvents, the TLV-STEL adjusted for the mixtures was surpassed in six evaluations. However, as repaint is a short-term operation, it makes the average concentrations weighed for the work shift lower than the TLV-TWA adjusted for the mixtures. Total particulate concentrations had surpassed the TLV-TWA in four of the evaluations. Symptoms frequency in the Q16 questionnaire was higher for painters than for the controls (Mann-Whitney test U=193; p=0.008), and they showed positive correlations with the age (Spearman r=0.354, t=1.85, p=0.076), the number of years in the profession (Spearman r=0.433, t=2.35, p=0.027) and the alcoholic beverage consumption (Spearman r=0.457, t=2.516, p=0.019). Conclusions: The painting work done at car repair shops can result in high solvent and particulate exposures, although they are short-term operations. Their acute and chronic effects for the painters do not have been clearly evidenced in the present study, continuing deserving multidisciplinary attention.
- 1-Jun-2005
- Revista Brasileira de Toxicologia, v. 18, n. 1, p. 49-55, 2005.
- 49-55
- Automotive repaint
- Occupational exposure
- Particulate matter
- Solvents
- charcoal
- solvent
- sorbent
- thinner
- adult
- alcohol consumption
- alcoholic beverage
- car
- conference paper
- controlled study
- filter
- habit
- human
- interview
- occupation
- occupational exposure
- painter
- painting
- particulate matter
- questionnaire
- rank sum test
- shift worker
- work
- workplace
- Acesso restrito
- outro
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