Objective Recognition of Cough as a Non-invasive Biomarker for Exposure to Cooking Oil Fumes

Exposure to cooking fumes in restaurant kitchens in norway.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess exposure to fat aerosols and aldehydes in kitchens and to study the variations in exposure between different types of kitchen. METHODS Measurements were made in four hotel kitchens, two hamburger chain restaurants, 10 à la carte restaurants and three small local restaurants serving mostly fried food. The measurements were performed as persona...

Short term exposure to cooking fumes and pulmonary function

BACKGROUND Exposure to cooking fumes may have different deleterious effects on the respiratory system. The aim of this study was to look at possible effects from inhalation of cooking fumes on pulmonary function. METHODS Two groups of 12 healthy volunteers (A and B) stayed in a model kitchen for two and four hours respectively, and were monitored with spirometry four times during twenty four ...

Chronic airflow limitation after inhalation of overheated cooking oil fumes.

Effects on Chinese restaurant workers of exposure to cooking oil fumes: a cautionary note on urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine.

This study evaluates oxidative DNA damage in workers who are exposed to cooking oil fumes (COFs) in Chinese restaurants. The study participants were 387 nonsmoking Chinese restaurant workers, 202 kitchen staff, and 185 service staff at 23 Chinese restaurants in Taiwan. Airborne particulate matter and particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels were monitored in kitchens and dining areas....

Solid Phase Extraction for 1-Hydroxypyrene as a Biomarker of Occupational Exposure to PAHs Prior to High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene is frequently used as a major metabolite and biological indicator of the overall exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. In this study, solid phase extraction was appropriately conditioned with regard to sample pH, sample concentration, loading flow rate, elution solvent, washing solvent, sample volume and sorbent mass. Octadecyl silica cartridge (C<su...