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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2017

Petrol filling workers as biomonitor of PAH exposure and functional health capacity in resource-limited settings of city Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Audil Rashid, Shu Tao, Ikhtiar Uddin, Atif Kamal

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Audil RashidEcoHealth Research Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, 46300, Pakistan. audil@uaar.edu.pk.
Shu TaoCollege of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Ikhtiar UddinEcoHealth Research Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, 46300, Pakistan.
Atif KamalEcoHealth Research Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, 46300, Pakistan.
Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University · PKPeking University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is the first study from Pakistan to report the exposure of petrol filling workers (n = 120) to naphthalene (Nap) and pyrene (Pyr) in relation to their functional capacities and health outcome. A group of non-exposed subjects (controls n = 46) was also recruited for comparison. The perceived health risk of the exposed workers was monitored using a questionnaire based on the self-reporting survey. The observed physical anomalies related to the health disorder included the acidity after meals, eye redness, appetite loss, skin lesions, and dryness of oral cavity, while those related to neurasthenic symptoms included the body aches, energy loss, twitching, fatigue, sleeplessness, fainting, and irritability. Mean Nap level observed in the exposed group (106 μg L

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GasolineOccupational ExposureOccupational HealthCase-Control StudiesCitiesHumansPakistanGasolineBiomonitoringExposure assessmentOccupational healthRisk analysis

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PMID28616739
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