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Title: 
Occupational exposure to paint solvents and particulate material in car repair shops
Author(s): 
Institution: 
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
ISSN: 
1415-2983
Abstract: 
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.
Issue Date: 
1-Jun-2005
Citation: 
Revista Brasileira de Toxicologia, v. 18, n. 1, p. 49-55, 2005.
Time Duration: 
49-55
Keywords: 
  • 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
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Type: 
outro
Source:
http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/68278
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