Exploring urinary biomarkers to assess oxidative DNA damage resulting from BTEX exposure in street children

• Published in: Environmental research Vol. 203; p. 111725
• Main Authors: Rafiee, Ata, Delgado-Saborit, Juana Maria, Sly, Peter D., Amiri, Hoda, Hoseini, Mohammad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Adult; Air Pollutants - analysis; Benzene; Benzene - analysis; Benzene - toxicity; Benzene Derivatives - analysis; Benzene Derivatives - toxicity; Biomarkers; Biomonitoring; BTEX; Child; Child labor; Cross-Sectional Studies; DNA damage; Environmental Monitoring; ethylbenzene; Exposure assessment; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; headspace analysis; Homeless Youth; Humans; lifestyle; Male; malondialdehyde; Oxidative Stress; pollution; second hand smoke; toluene; Toluene - analysis; urine; xylene; Biomonitoring; BTEX; Benzene; Child labor; Exposure assessment

Children are highly susceptible to environmental contaminants as their physiology and some metabolic pathways differ from adults. The present cross-sectional study aimed to assess whether exposure to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o,p-xylene, and m-xylene (BTEX) affects oxidative DNA damage in stre...