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ArticleFrontiers in public health2020

Human Biomonitoring in the Oil Shale Industry Area in Estonia-Overview of Earlier Programmes and Future Perspectives.

Hans Orru, Anu Viitak, Koit Herodes, Triin Veber, Märten Lukk

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Hans OrruDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Anu ViitakDepartment of Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia.
Koit HerodesInstitute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Triin VeberInstitute of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Märten LukkEstonian Health Board, Tallinn, Estonia.

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Abstract

Ida-Viru County, in Eastern Estonia, features industrially contaminated sites-where oil shale has been mined and used for electricity generation, and shale oil extraction. Higher prevalence of respiratory and cardiovascular disease has been found in the region due to high quantities of air pollution. Within the framework of "Studies of the health impact of the oil shale sector-SOHOS," this analysis aimed to map earlier human biomonitoring (HBM) studies and identify the suitable biomarkers for upcoming HBM in Estonia. Altogether, three studies have been conducted among residents: first, among adults in the 1980's; second, among children in the 1990's; and third, among employees, with a focus on workers and miners in the oil shale chemistry industry in the late 1990's and 2000's. In some of those studies, increased levels of biomarkers in blood and urine (heavy metals, 1-OHP) have appeared; nevertheless, in last 20 years, there has been no population-wide HBM in Estonia. According to air pollution monitoring and emission analysis, the pollutants of concern are benzene, PM

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionAdultBiological MonitoringChildEstoniaHumansIndustryAir Pollutantsair pollutionHBMheavy metalindustrially affected landsPAH

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