Health risk assessment of occupational exposure to BTEX compounds in petrol refueling stations in Mashhad

ABSTRACT

Introduction and Aims: volatiles compounds are major causes of air pollution that exposure to these compounds can cause a lot of health effects on people. Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl benzene and Xylene [BTEX] are volatiles components of Gasoline that occupational exposures with them cause irreversible effect on the health of people. The purpose of this study was to assess the risk arising from occupational exposure of BTEX on workers in Gasoline refueling stations of Mashhad in order to provide guidelines to control them