BTEX air concentrations and self-reported common health problems in gasoline sellers from Cotonou,Benin |
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| Authors: | Honesty Gbèdolo Tohon Benjamin Fayomi Mathieu Valcke Yves Coppieters Catherine Bouland |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Environment and Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium;2. Département de santé environnementale et santé au travail, école de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada;3. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin;4. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin;5. Département de santé environnementale et santé au travail, école de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada;6. Direction de la santé environnementale et de la Toxicologie, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Montreal, Canada |
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| Abstract: | To examine the relation between BTEX exposure levels and common self-reported health problems in 140 gasoline sellers in Cotonou, Benin, a questionnaire documenting their socioeconomic status and their health problems was used, whereas 18 of them went through semi-directed qualitative individual interviews and 17 had air samples taken on their workplace for BTEX analysis. Median concentrations for BTEX were significantly lower on official (range of medians: 54–207?μg/m³, n?=?9) vs unofficial (148–1449?μg/m³, n?=?8) gasoline-selling sites (p?vs official selling sites (p?
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| Keywords: | BTEX developing countries gasoline sellers human health occupational exposure |
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