| Title |
Effects of smoking and drinking on excretion of hippuric acid among toluene-exposed workers
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, January 1993
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| DOI | 10.1007/bf00517948 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Osamu Inoue, Kazunori Seiji, Takao Watanabe, Haruo Nakatsuka, Chui Jin, Shi-Jie Liu, Masayuki Ikeda |
| Abstract |
In order to investigate possible effects of smoking and drinking on the metabolism of toluene in occupational settings, 206 toluene-exposed men (mean age: 31.4 years) in shoemaking, painting, or surface-coating workshops together with 246 nonexposed control men (36.8 years) were studied for the time-weighted average intensities of exposure to toluene, hippuric acid concentration in shift-end urine samples, and the two social habits of smoking and drinking. The mean daily consumptions of cigarettes and ethanol were about 20 pieces and 10 g among smokers and drinkers, respectively. The geometric mean toluene concentration among the exposed subjects was about 20 ppm, with a maximum of 521 ppm. Regression analysis after classification of the subjects by smoking and drinking clearly demonstrated that the two social habits, when combined, markedly reduce the hippuric acid level in the urine of workers exposed to toluene. There was a significant association between smoking and drinking habits, which hindered separate evaluation of the effects of the two habits on toluene metabolism. Comparison of the present results with the findings reported in the literature, however, suggested that the observed effects may be attributable to smoking rather than to drinking habits. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 13 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 29% |
| Researcher | 2 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 4 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 6 | 43% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 21% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 4 | 29% |
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