Bitumen Emissions on Workplaces in Germany

REFERENCES

• Knecht , U. 2007 . Commercially available bitumens: PAH-total content and effect of temperature on emissions under standardized conditions . Ann. Occup. Hyg. , submitted
   Google Scholar
• Fuhst , R. , Creutzenberg , O. Ernst , H. 2006 . 24-months inhalation carcinogenicity study of bitumen fumes in Wistar (WU) rats . Symposium Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Emissions of Asphalt/Bitumen . June 7–8 2006 . Dresden; J. Occup.Environ. Hyg., this issue
   Google Scholar
• Halter , R. , Ziemann , C. and Borlak , J. 2006 . Importance of DNA-Adduct formation and gene expression profiling in rats exposed to bitumen fumes . Symposium Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Emissions of Asphalt/Bitumen . June 7–8 2006 . Dresden
   Google Scholar
• Rumler , R. , Nies , E. , Rühl , R. , Rode , P. and Heger , M. 2006 . Health Complaints of German Mastic Asphalt Workers . Symposium Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Emissions of Asphalt/Bitumen . June 7–8 2006 . Dresden; J. Occup. Environ. Hyg., this issue
   Google Scholar
• Raulf-Heimsoth , M. , Pesch , B. , Schott , K. , Kappler , M. , Preuss , R. , Marczynski , B. , Angerer , J. , Rihs , H. P. , Hahn , J. U. , Merget , R. and Brüning , T. 2007 . Irritative Effects of Fumes and Aerosols of Bitumen on the Airways: Results of a Cross-shift Study . Arch. Toxicol. , 81 : 35 – 44 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marczynski , B. , Raulf-Heimsoth , M. , Preuss , R. , Kappler , M. , Schott , K. , Pesch , B. , Zoubek , B. G. , Hahn , J. U. , Mensing , T. , Angerer , J. , Käfferlein , H. U. and Brüning , T. 2006 . Assessment of DNA damage in white blood cells of workers occupationally exposed to fumes and aerosols of bitumen . Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers , 15 ( 4 ) : 645 – 651 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• 1999 . Deutsche Bauchemie Test reports “Protection afforded by protective gloves when handling a bitumen emulsion for cold processing” and “report on testing the protection afforded by protective gloves when handling a solvent based bituminous preparation for cold processing” Available at http://www.gisbau.de/bitumen.html
   Google Scholar
• Behrens , T. , Schill , W. and Ahrens , W. 2006 . Mortality in a German cohort of bitumen workers: Update of mortality data until 2004 . Symposium Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Emissions of Asphalt/Bitumen . June 7–8 2006 . Dresden
   Google Scholar
• Walter , D. and Knecht , U. 2006 . Standardized investigation of the percutaneous absorption of emissions of bitumen in man . Symposium Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Emissions of Asphalt/Bitumen . June 7–8 2006 . Dresden, J. Occup. Environ. Hyg., this issue
   Google Scholar
• Preuss , R. , Roßbach , B. , Korinth , G. , Müller , J. , Drexler , H. and Angerer , J. 2003 . Innere und äu[btilde]ere Belastung mit polycyclischen aromatischen Kohlenwasserstoffen (PAK) bei Beschäftigten eines Bitumen verarbeitenden Betriebes . Gefahrstoffe-Reinhaltung der Luft. , 63 : 461 – 467 .
   Google Scholar
• Marczynski , B. , Raulf-Heimsoth , M. , Kappler , M. , Mensing , T. , Welge , P. , Preuss , R. , Schott , K. , Bramer , R. , Pesch , B. , Zoubek , G. , Hahn , J. U. , Angerer , J. , Käfferlein , H. U. and Brüning , T. 2006 . Ambient and biological monitoring of exposure and genotoxic effects in workers exposed to fumes and aerosols of bitumen . Symposium Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Emissions of Asphalt/Bitumen . June 7–8 2006 . Dresden; J. Occup. Environ. Hyg., this issue
   Google Scholar
• Rihs , H. P. , Raulf-Heimsoth , M. , Kappler , M. , Pesch , B. , Schott , K. , Bramer , R. , Angerer , J. , Hahn , J. U. , Zoubek , G. and Brüning , T. 2006 . Determination of sequence variants of metabolising enzymes after occupational exposure to fumes and aerosols of bitumen under high processing temperatures . Symposium Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Emissions Of Asphalt/Bitumen . June 7–8 2006 . Dresden. Occup. Environ. Hyg., this issue
   Google Scholar
• Emmel , C. , Breuer , D. D. , Höber , D. , Kriech , A. and Rühl , R. 2006 . Measurements methods for bitumen emissions in work area: practical experiences . Symposium Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Emissions of Asphalt/Bitumen . June 7–8 2006 . Dresden
   Google Scholar
• Musanke , U. , Rühl , R. , Radenberg , M. and Barthel , W. 2006 . Exposure reduction by use of asphalt with lower temperatures . Symposium on Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Emissions of Asphalt/Bitumen . June 7–8 2006 . Dresden
   Google Scholar
• Ekström , L. G. , Kriech , A. , Bowen , C. , Johnson , S. and Breuer , D. 2001 . International studies to compare methods for personal sampling of bitumen vapors . J. Environ. Monit. , 3 : 439 – 445 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• TRGS 420 Verfahrens- und stoffspezifische Kriterien (VSK) für die Gefährdungsbeurteilung BArbBl 1/2006 38–41
   Google Scholar
• December 1992 . CONCAWE Bitumens and bitumen derivates December , http://www.concawe.be product dossier no. 92/104
   Google Scholar