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Preliminary evaluation of urinary 2-thio-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic-acid (TTCA) levels as a test for exposure to carbon disulfide |
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| Authors: | J. Rosier M. Vanhoorne R. Grosjean E. Van De Walle G. Billemont C. Van Peteghem |
| Affiliation: | (1) Laboratory for Bromatology, Pharmaceutical Institute, State University of Ghent, Harelbekestraat 72, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;(2) Department of Social Medicine, Academic Hospital, De Pintelaan 135, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;(3) Laboratory for Industrial Toxicology, Occupational Hygiene and Medicine Administration, Ministry of Employment and Labour, Belliardstraat 53, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium |
| Abstract: | Summary The exposure to carbon disulfide of workers in charge of different jobs in a Belgian viscose plant was measured by means of personal monitoring of the inhaled air and by quantitative assay of 2-thio-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (TTCA) in urine.It was found that the atmospheric carbon disulfide concentration varied considerably among different jobs, among different individuals doing the same jobs and for the same individuals in the course of the working period.The 2-thio-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic-acid levels increased markedly during the exposure. The correlation between individual personal monitoring results and the increase TTCA levels was found to be statistically significant.Supported by the Nationaal Fonds voor Geneeskundig Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek under Grant no. 3.0013.81 |
| Keywords: | Carbon disulfide 2-thio-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic-acid (TTCA) Biological monitoring Personal monitoring Viscose |
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