Jason Yy Wong, Batel Blechter, Bryan A Bassig, Yufei Dai, Roel Vermeulen, Wei Hu, Mohammad L Rahman, Huawei Duan, Yong Niu, George S Downward, Shuguang Leng, Bu-Tian Ji, Wei Fu, Jun Xu, Kees Meliefste, Baosen Zhou, Jufang Yang, Dianzhi Ren, Meng Ye, Xiaowei Jia, Tao Meng, Ping Bin, H Dean Hosgood, Nathaniel Rothman, Debra T Silverman, Yuxin Zheng, Qing Lan
BACKGROUND: We previously found that occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust (DEE) was associated with alterations to 19 biomarkers that potentially reflect the mechanisms of carcinogenesis. Whether DEE is associated with biological alterations at concentrations under existing or recommended occupational exposure limits (OELs) is unclear. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study of 54 factory workers exposed long-term to DEE and 55 unexposed controls, we reanalysed the 19 previously identified biomarkers...
March 27, 2023: Occupational and Environmental Medicine