Effects of coke oven emissions and benzo[a]pyrene on blood pressure and electrocardiogram in coke oven workers

• Published in: Journal of Occupational Health Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Yang, Kai, Jiang, Xuejun, Cheng, Shuqun, Chen, Chengzhi, Cao, Xianqing, Tu, Baijie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia JAPAN SOCIETY FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 01.01.2017; Oxford University Press; Japan Society for Occupational Health
• Subjects: Adult; Air Pollutants, Occupational - analysis; Air Pollutants, Occupational - toxicity; Benzo [a] pyrene; Benzo(a)pyrene - analysis; Benzo(a)pyrene - toxicity; Blood Pressure; Blood Pressure - drug effects; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Case-Control Studies; Chromatography; Coal Industry; Coke; Coke - analysis; Coke - toxicity; Coke Oven Emissions; Coke Oven Workers; Coke ovens; EKG; Electrocardiogram; Electrocardiography; Electrocardiography - drug effects; Emissions; Employees; Exposure; Fasting; Female; Glucose; Heart; High performance liquid chromatography; High voltage; Humans; Hydrocarbons; Hypertension; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypertension - etiology; Lipids; Liquid chromatography; Logistic Models; Male; Maximum Allowable Concentration; Middle Aged; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Occupational Diseases - etiology; Occupational exposure; Occupational Exposure - adverse effects; Occupational Exposure - analysis; Occupational health; Original; Oxygen - analysis; Pyrene; Regression analysis; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Variables; Ventricle; Japan

[Abstract] : [Objective] : To evaluate the effects of occupational exposures to coke oven emissions (COEs) and benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) on the prevalence of hypertension and abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) in coke oven workers. [Methods] : We included 880 coke oven workers and 710 oxygen employees in...