A Review of the Epidemiological Methods Used to Investigate the Health Impacts of Air Pollution around Major Industrial Areas

Table 6

Biomonitoring studies.

Reference	Country	Industry	Biomarkers	𝑁 cases
Barregard et al., 2006 [75]	Italy and Sweden	Chlor alkali plants	Urinary mercury	193
Rusconi et al., 2011 [45]	Italy	Biggest high complexity refinery in the Mediterranean Sea and largest European liquid fuel gasification plant	MDA-dG adducts	54
Choi et al., 2000 [76]	Korea	Large-scale petrochemical industrial complex	Benzene in blood, metabolites of benzene in urine	115
Pless-Mulloli et al., 2005 [77]	United Kingdom	Teesside	Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, furans, and polychlorinated biphenyls in blood	40
Thomas et al., 2009 [78]	United Kingdom	Large smelter lead/zinc smelter	Cadmium in urine	180
Sala et al., 1999 [79]	Spain	Organochlorine compound factory	Organochloring in blood	608
Stroh et al., 2009 [80]	Sweden	Lead smelters	Lead in blood	3879
Williamson et al., 2006 [81]	United States	Six superfund sites	Serum Immunoglobulins	3916
Thomas et al., 2009 [78]	United Kingdom	Large smelter lead/zinc smelter	Cadmium in urine	180