Exposure to volatile organic compounds and kidney dysfunction in thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) workers

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 178, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 934-940

  Chang, Ta Yuan ^a   Huang, Kuei Hung ^a   Liu, Chiu Shong ^b   Shie, Ruei Hao ^c   Chao, Keh Ping ^a   Hsu, Wen Hsin ^a   Bao, Bo Ying ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Kidney dysfunction; TFT LCD workers; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOLS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MONOMETHYL ETHERS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; TFT-LCD INDUSTRY; TFT-LCD WORKERS; TFT-LCDS; THIN FILM TRANSISTOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

ACETONE; ETHANOL; ETHERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLYCOLS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PROPYLENE; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THIN FILMS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

2 PROPANOL; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL METHYL ETHER; PROPYLENE GLYCOL METHYL ETHER ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ETHANOL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THIN FILM TRANSISTOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951037610     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.02.027     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Chen S.Y. TFT-LCD display industry. Ind. Res. Technol. Quart. 2003, 147:2-18.
2. Photonics Industry and Technonlogy Development Association (PIDA), Taiwan ranks No. 1 in world TFT-LCD panel production. , 2009 accessed on 14.07.09. http://www.pida.org.tw/pidapost/200802/080201d_web.htm.
3. Wu C.H., Feng C.T., Lo Y.S., Lin T.Y., Lo J.G. Determination of volatile organic compounds in workplace air by multisorbent adsorption/thermal desorption-GC/MS. Chemosphere 2004, 56:71-80.
4. Lin Y.C., Chang F.T. Optimizing operating parameters of a honeycomb zeolite rotor concentrator for processing TFT-LCD volatile organic compounds with competitive adsorption characteristics. J. Hazard. Mater. 2009, 164:517-526.
5. Chang T.Y., Lin S.J., Shie R.H., Tsai S.W., Hsu H.T., Tsai C.T., Kuo H.W., Chiang C.F., Lai J.S. Characterization of volatile organic compounds in the vicinity of an optoelectronics industrial park in Taiwan. J. Air Waste Manage. 2010, 60:55-62.
6. Odoni G., Ogata H., Viedt C., Amann K., Ritz E., Orth S.R. Cigarette smoke condensate aggravates renal injury in the renal ablation model. Kidney Int. 2002, 61:2090-2098.
7. Taher S.M., Anderson R.J., McCartney R., Popovtzer M.M., Schrier R.W. Renal tubular acidosis associated with toluene " sniffing" N. Engl. J. Med. 1974, 290:765-768.
8. Fischman C.M., Oster J.R. Toxic effects of toluene: a new cause of high anion gap metabolic acidosis. JAMA 1979, 241:1713-1715.
9. Patel R., Benjamin J. Renal disease associated with toluene inhalation. J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 1986, 24:213-223.
10. Kamijima M., Nakazawa Y., Yamakawa M., Shibata E., Hisanaga N., Ono Y., Toida M., Takeuchi Y. Metabolic acidosis and renal tubular injury due to pure toluene inhalation. Arch. Environ. Health 1994, 49:410-413.
11. Tang H.L., Chu K.H., Cheuk A., Tsang W.K., Chan H.W., Tong K.L. Renal tubular acidosis and severe hypophosphataemia due to toluene inhalation. Hong Kong Med. J. 2005, 11:50-53.
12. Juncos L., Taguchi J.T. Isopropyl alcohol intoxication: report of a case associated with myopathy renal failure, and hemolytic anemia. JAMA 1968, 204:732-734.
13. Adla M.R, Gonzalez-Paoli J.A., Rifkin S.I. Isopropyl alcohol ingestion presenting as pseudorenal failure due to acetone interference. South Med. J. 2009, 102:867-869.
14. Zaman F., Pervez A., Abreo K. Isopropyl alcohol intoxication: a diagnostic challenge. Am. J. Kidney Dis. 2002, 40:E12.
15. Miller R.R., Hermann E.A., Young J.T., Calhoun L.L., Kastl P.E. Propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (PGMEA) metabolism, disposition, and short-term vapor inhalation toxicity studies. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 1984, 75:521-530.
16. Spencer P.J., Crissman J.W., Stott W.T., Corley R.A., Cieszlak F.S., Schumann A.M., Hardisty J.F. Propylene glycol monomethyl ether (PGME): inhalation toxicity and carcinogenicity in Fischer 344 rats and B6C3F1 mice. Toxicol. Pathol. 2002, 30:570-579.
17. Su S.B., Wang J.N., Lu C.W., Guo H.R. Reducing urinary tract infections among female clean room workers. J. Womens Health (Larchmt) 2006, 15:870-876.
18. Chromy V., Rozkosna K., Sedlak P. Determination of serum creatinine by Jaffé method and how to calibrate to eliminate matrix interference problems. Clin. Chem. Lab. Med. 2008, 46:1127-1133.
19. Neogi T., Ellison R.C., Hunt S., Terkeltaub R., Felson D.T., Zhang Y. Serum uric acid is associated with carotid plaques: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study. J. Rheumatol. 2009, 36:378-384.
20. MedlinePlus, Medical Encyclopedia: Creatinine-serum. , 2009 (accessed on 10.08.09). http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003475.htm.
21. MedlinePlus, Medical Encyclopedia: Uric acid-blood. , 2009 (accessed on 10.08.09). http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003476.htm.
22. U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Compendium Method TO-15: Determination of Volatile Organic Omcpounds (VOCs) in Air Collected in Specially-prepared Canisters and Analyzed by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) 1999, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati. second ed.
23. Rosner B. Fundamentals of Biostatistics 2006, Thomson Brooks/Cole, Belmont. sixth ed.
24. Milz S., Mulhausen J. Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and Goodness-of-fit. A Strategy for Assessing and Managing Occupational Exposures 2006, 341-374. American Industrial Hygiene Association, Fairfax. third ed. J.S. Ignacio, W.H. Bullock (Eds.).
25. Dietz D. NTP technical report on the toxicity studies of acetone in F344/N rats and B6C3F1 mice (drinking water studies) (CAS No. 67-64-1). Toxic. Rep. Ser. 1991, 3:1-38.
26. Stengel B., Cenee S., Limasset J.C., Diebold F., Michard D., Druet P., Hemon D. Immunologic and renal markers among photogravure printers exposed to toluene. Scand. J. Work Environ. Health 1998, 24:276-284.
27. Gonzalez-Yebra A.L., Kornhauser C., Wrobel K., Perez-Luque E.L., Barbosa G. Occupational exposure to toluene and its possible causative role in renal damage development in shoe workers. Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health 2006, 79:259-264.
28. Uchida Y., Nakatsuka H., Ukai H., Watanabe T., Liu Y.T., Huang M.T., Wang Y.L., Zhu F.Z., Yin H., Ikeda M. Symptoms and signs in workers exposed predominantly to xylenes. Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health 1993, 64:597-605.
29. Kum C., Sekkin S., Kiral F., Akar F. Effects of xylene and formaldehyde inhalations on renal oxidative stress and some serum biochemical parameters in rats. Toxicol. Ind. Health 2007, 23:115-120.
30. U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Compendium Method TO-17: Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Ambient Air Using Active Sampling Onto Sorbent Tubes 1999, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati. second ed.
31. Wang J.N., Su S.B., Guo H.R. Urinary tract infection among clean room workers. J. Occup. Health 2002, 44:329-333.
32. Checkoway H., Pearce N., Kriebel D. Precision and validity in study design. Research Method in Occupational Epidemiology 2004, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 83-121. second ed.
33. Levey A.S., Coresh J., Balk E., Kausz A.T., Levin A., Steffes M.W., Hogg R.J., Perrone R.D., Lau J., Eknoyan G. National kidney foundation practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification. Ann. Intern. Med. 2003, 139:137-147.
34. Johnson C.A., Levey A.S., Coresh J., Levin A., Lau J., Eknoyan G. Clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease in adults. Part I. Definition, disease stages, evaluation, treatment, and risk factors. Am. Fam. Physician 2004, 70:869-876.