Occupational toxicology

Introduction

Published in Chris Winder, Neill Stacey, Occupational Toxicology, 2004

Occupational toxicology is the study of the adverse effects of agents that may be encountered by workers during the course of their employment. The adverse effects may be in the workers themselves, or in experimental animals, or other test systems used to define and/or understand the toxicity of the agent of interest. The term ‘occupational’ is used in preference to ‘industrial’ because the latter may have the connotation of chemical exposure in factories; this would not necessarily include work such as farming, with potential exposure to pesticides – or office work, with issues such as photocopiers in enclosed spaces.

DNA damage and inflammatory response in workers exposed to fuels and paints

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Published in Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, 2021

Evelyne da Silva Brum, Lílian Marquezini da Silva, Taiane Piccini Teixeira, Laís da Rosa Moreira, Helena Kober, Marinês Calegari Lavall, José Édson Paz da Silva, Mariana Piana, Luana Suéling Lenz, Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz, Thiago Duarte, Marta Maria Medeiros Frescura Duarte, Ricardo Brandão

Occupational toxicology deals with toxic effects on the human organism caused by the use of a large number of chemicals.1 Occupational exposure to volatile agents typically occurs via inhalation. However, dermal exposure is relevant in some workplaces, including painting companies and gasoline stations2,3; this exposure makes painters and gasoline station attendants (GSA) highly susceptible to toxic effects.

Occupational toxicology

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DNA damage and inflammatory response in workers exposed to fuels and paints