Occupational exposure to carbon monoxide during charcoal meat grilling. 1992

I M Madani, and S Khalfan, and H Khalfan, and J Jidah, and M N Aladin
Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain.

Charcoal meat grill workers are one of the many occupational groups that are subject to carbon monoxide exposure. This group have often been overlooked and not investigated. Carboxyhemoglobin (%COHb) levels in 100 male workers were assessed before work and after work the same day. Carboxyhemoglobin levels increased significantly after work in both smoking and nonsmoking workers. The mean COHb levels for smoking workers before work was 3.8% and for nonsmokers was 2.4%, whereas after work, the mean COHb level for smokers increased to 8.1% and for nonsmokers to 6.2%. These elevated mean COHb levels exceed the 5% COHb level recommended by WHO and NIOSH. With respect to smokers only, 36 (81.8%) workers after work exceed 5%, whereas the nonsmokers, 29 (51.8%) of the workers exceed 5%. These results indicate that charcoal meat grilling workers are exposed to significant levels of carbon monoxide. Several control measures have been suggested to mitigate exposure to carbon monoxide.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008460 Meat The edible portions of any animal used for food including cattle, swine, goats/sheep, poultry, fish, shellfish, and game. Meats
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D002248 Carbon Monoxide Carbon monoxide (CO). A poisonous colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. It combines with hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin, which has no oxygen carrying capacity. The resultant oxygen deprivation causes headache, dizziness, decreased pulse and respiratory rates, unconsciousness, and death. (From Merck Index, 11th ed) Monoxide, Carbon
D002263 Carboxyhemoglobin Carbomonoxyhemoglobin,Carbonmonoxyhemoglobin,Carbonylhemoglobin,Carboxyhemoglobin A,Carboxyhemoglobin C
D003296 Cooking The art or practice of preparing food. It includes the preparation of special foods for diets in various diseases. Cookery
D005511 Food Handling Any aspect of the operations in the preparation, processing, transport, storage, packaging, wrapping, exposure for sale, service, or delivery of food. Food Processing,Handling, Food,Processing, Food
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000367 Age Factors Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time. Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age

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