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Validity of different biomonitoring parameters for the assessment of occupational exposure to N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF).

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:This study was performed to assess the relation between occupational exposure to N,N-dimethylformamide after an 8 h work shift in the acrylic fibre industry and its three biological markers N-methylformamide (NMFtotal), N-acetyl-S-(N-methylcarbamoyl)cysteine (AMCC), and N-methylcarbamoyl adduct at haemoglobin (MCVal). External DMF exposure of 220 workers was determined during the whole shift. A standardised questionnaire was used to obtain information about the worker's general health status, medical treatment, smoking habits, protective measures, and possible symptoms caused by DMF exposure. NMF and AMCC were analysed in post-shift urine samples and MCVal in blood. For longitudinal assessment the average AMCC concentration was determined over a period of 4 weeks (weekly sampling) in a sub-collective of 89 workers. The median of DMF concentration in air was 3.19 mg/m3 (range < 0.15-46.9 mg/m3). The biological markers showed a median of 4.80 mg/L (range 0.20-50.6 mg/L) for NMFtotal, 4.75 mg/g creatinine (range 0.06-49.6 mg/g creatinine) for AMCC, and 57.5 nmol/g globin (range 0.5-414 nmol/g) for MCVal. A significant linear relationship was observed between DMF in air and NMF as well as between DMF in air and AMCC in post-shift urine samples. The mean AMCC values measured weekly over a period of 4 weeks correlated significantly with MCVal adducts too. Excluding workers who had been using breathing masks on the day of the study led to even tighter correlations. The results of the present study demonstrate the applicability of the DMF biomonitoring parameters NMFtotal in post-shift urine for the present-day exposure assessment, AMCC in the post-shift urine after several shifts for assessment of the cumulative exposure of the previous working days, and MCVal for assessment of long-term exposure during previous weeks and months. The data of the present study enable now the estimation of valid equivalents of these biomonitoring parameters to the external DMF exposure. From the risk assessment point of view, the exposure limit values for AMCC and MCVal, which are directly linked to the presumed toxic intermediate MIC, exhibit a significant advance.

journal_name

Arch Toxicol

journal_title

Archives of toxicology

authors

Seitz M,Kilo S,Eckert E,Müller J,Drexler H,Göen T

doi

10.1007/s00204-018-2219-7

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-07-01 00:00:00

pages

2183-2193

issue

eissn

0340-5761

issn

1432-0738

pii

10.1007/s00204-018-2219-7

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Validity of different biomonitoring parameters for the assessment of occupational exposure to N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF).