Journal article
Biomonitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure in small groups of residents in Brisbane, Australia and Hanoi, Vietnam, and those travelling between the two cities
PK Thai, Z Li, A Sjödin, A Fox, NB Diep, TT Binh, JF Mueller
Chemosphere | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2015
Abstract
Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has been associated with adverse health outcomes. Concentrations of urinary PAH metabolites (OH-PAHs) provide an integrated measure of human exposure to PAHs but measurement of urinary OH-PAHs has not been done in Australia and rarely in Vietnam, where air pollution is of concern. In this study, we assessed exposure to PAHs in 16 participants living in Brisbane, Australia and Hanoi, Vietnam, with 4 participants travelling between the two cities during the monitoring period. A total of 312 first morning urine samples were collected over 10. weeks and were analysed for nine OH-PAHs. Concentrations of the urinary OH-PAHs were 2-10 times higher..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the participants for their time and devotion. The co-authors of this manuscript do not have any financial conflict of interest. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. PT is partly funded by a UQ Postdoctoral Fellowship. JFM is funded by an ARC Future Fellowship (FT120100546). Entox is a joint venture of the University of Queensland and the Queensland Department of Health.