Research Article

Biomonitoring of Workers Exposed to Volatile Organic Compounds Associated with Different Occupations by Headspace GC-FID

Table 1

Industries and their selected workers.

Sr. no.Industries/workplacesWorkers’ duty section/departmentSelected no. of workers

1Textile industryDyeing9
Printing10
2Electrical industryPainting5
Thinner handling2
2Petrol stationPetrol filling7
3Furniture workshopsFurniture polish5
4Dry port workers10
5Small-sized printing pressPrinting10
Medium-sized printing press10
Large-sized printing press10
6OthersShoe polish2
7Control (general population)2
Total workers = 80
Control samples = 2