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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Effect of Benzene Exposure on the Urinary Biomarkers of Nucleic Acid Oxidation in Two Cohorts of Gasoline Pump Attendants.

Mariella Carrieri, Daniela Pigini, Andrea Martinelli, Enrico Paci, Federica Maratini, Fabiola Salamon, Giovanna Tranfo

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mariella CarrieriDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 2, 35128 Padova, Italy. mariella.carrieri@unipd.it.
Daniela PiginiINAIL Research, Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology, Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Via di Fontana Candida 1, 00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy. d.pigini@inail.it.ORCID 0000-0002-7582-6179
Andrea MartinelliDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 2, 35128 Padova, Italy. andrea.martinelli@unipd.it.
Enrico PaciINAIL Research, Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology, Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Via di Fontana Candida 1, 00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy. e.paci@inail.it.
Federica MaratiniDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 2, 35128 Padova, Italy. federica.maratini@gmail.com.
Fabiola SalamonDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 2, 35128 Padova, Italy. fabiola.salamon@unipd.it.
Giovanna TranfoINAIL Research, Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology, Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Via di Fontana Candida 1, 00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy. g.tranfo@inail.it.
University of Padua · ITIstituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: The oxidized guanine derivatives excreted into urine, products of DNA and RNA oxidation and repair, are used as biomarkers of oxidative damage in humans. This study aims to evaluate oxidative damage in gasoline pump attendants occupationally exposed to benzene. Benzene is contained in the gasoline but it is also produced from traffic and from smoking. (2) Methods: Twenty-nine gasoline pump attendants from two major cities of Saudi Arabia and 102 from Italy were studied for urinary 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxoGua), 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodGuo), 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanosine (8-oxoGuo), and S-phenyl-mercapturic acid (SPMA) for benzene exposure and urinary cotinine for smoking status assessment by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Airborne benzene was also assessed in the Italian group by gas-chromatography with flame ionization detector (GC-FID). (3) Results: The results suggest that high levels of benzene exposure can cause an accumulation of SPMA and bring about the formation of the oxidation biomarkers studied to saturation. At low exposure levels, SPMA and oxidation biomarker levels were correlated among them and were associated with the smoking habit. (4) Conclusions: The study confirms the association between benzene exposure and the excretion of nucleic acid oxidation biomarkers and enhances the importance of measuring the smoking habit, as it can significantly influence oxidative damage, especially when the exposure levels are low.

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AcetylcysteineBenzeneBiomarkersChromatography, LiquidCohort StudiesGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryGasolineHumansItalyMaleNucleic AcidsOccupational ExposureOxidation-ReductionSaudi ArabiaAcetylcysteineBenzeneBiomarkersGasolineNucleic AcidsS-phenyl-N-acetylcysteinebenzene exposurenucleic acids oxidationoxidative stressSPMAurinary biomarkers

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