TY - JOUR AU1 - Kho, Younglim AU2 - Lee, Eun-Hee AU3 - Chae, Hong AU4 - Choi, Kyungho AU5 - Paek, Domyung AU6 - Park, Sangshin AB - Int Arch Occup Environ Health (2015) 88:297–303 DOI 10.1007/s00420-014-0955-4 ORIGINAL ARTICLE 1‑Hydroxypyrene and oxidative stress marker levels among painting workers and office workers at shipyard Younglim Kho · Eun‑Hee Lee · Hong Jae Chae · Kyungho Choi · Domyung Paek · Sangshin Park Received: 20 February 2014 / Accepted: 22 June 2014 / Published online: 5 July 2014 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 Abstract biomarker for oxidative stress. Demographics, smoking, Objectives The objective of this study was to assess alcohol consumption, and working conditions information the association between exposure to polycyclic aromatic were obtained from a questionnaire survey. hydrocarbons (PAHs) and oxidative stress among shipyard Results Geometric mean concentration (±standard deviation) workers. of urinary 1-OHP among painting workers (587.9 ± 3.45 ng/g Methods We recruited 82 painting workers in a shipyard creatinine) was approximately 6.9 times higher than that among and age/sex matched 137 office workers from the same office workers (85.6 ± 2.09 ng/g creatinine; P value < 0.001). shipyard company. Urine samples were used to assess for Compared to the office workers (163.5 ± 1.84 ng/g creati- 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP) as an exposure biomarker for nine), the painting workers (190.6 ± 1.64 ng/g creatinine) had PAHs and to TI - 1-Hydroxypyrene and oxidative stress marker levels among painting workers and office workers at shipyard JF - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health DO - 10.1007/s00420-014-0955-4 DA - 2014-07-05 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/1-hydroxypyrene-and-oxidative-stress-marker-levels-among-painting-uRliFmSURx SP - 297 EP - 303 VL - 88 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -