caa a22 4500 463193768 CHVBK 20180406164916.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00420-007-0195-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00420-007-0195-y Biomonitoring of tram drivers exposed to airborne platinum, rhodium and palladium [Elektronische Daten] [Ivo Iavicoli, Beatrice Bocca, Giovanni Carelli, Sergio Caroli, Stefano Caimi, Alessandro Alimonti, Luca Fontana] Object: The aim of this study was to evaluate urinary levels of Pt, Rh and Pd in occupationally exposed subjects. Methods: A total of 122 healthy male subjects of Rome (Italy) were studied; 64 were municipal tram drivers and 58 control subjects. Metal quantification in the urine samples was carried out by sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Results: There were statistically significant differences between urinary Pt and Rh levels of the workers and the control group (Pt median: 1.23 versus 1.03ng/g creatinine; Rh median: 19.16versus 11.18ng/g creatinine), while no difference in Pd levels was observed (Pd median: 11.47 versus 8.75ng/g creatinine). Conclusions: Urinary Pt and Rh could be useful biomarkers for monitoring population groups occupationally exposed to these elements. Urinary concentration of Pt and Rh, though still low, could be of some concern in workers heavily exposed to urban car traffic. Springer-Verlag, 2007 Platinum nationallicence Rhodium nationallicence Palladium nationallicence Urine nationallicence Occupational exposure nationallicence Iavicoli Ivo Institute of Occupational Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy aut Bocca Beatrice Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Carelli Giovanni Institute of Occupational Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy aut Caroli Sergio Department of Food and Animal Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Caimi Stefano Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Alimonti Alessandro Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut Fontana Luca Institute of Occupational Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy aut International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Springer-Verlag 81/1(2007-10-01), 109-114 0340-0131 81:1<109 2007 81 420 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-007-0195-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-007-0195-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Iavicoli Ivo Institute of Occupational Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bocca Beatrice Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Carelli Giovanni Institute of Occupational Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Caroli Sergio Department of Food and Animal Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Caimi Stefano Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alimonti Alessandro Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fontana Luca Institute of Occupational Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Springer-Verlag 81/1(2007-10-01), 109-114 0340-0131 81:1<109 2007 81 420 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer