University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, TX, USA.
J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Dec;52(12):1230-5. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181fe0a8b.
To investigate possible exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in US professional airline workers.
We recruited 30 healthy US professional airline workers who lived in the Dallas, Texas, area to test their blood PBDE levels. We examined the relationship between hours worked in an airplane and total PBDE blood levels.
Total PBDE blood levels from the 30 volunteers were unremarkable despite minor elevations of certain congeners in a few volunteers. No statistically significant correlations were noted between hours in airplanes in the past 1 or 5 years and levels of individual brominated diphenyl ethers congeners or total PBDEs.
We hypothesized that elevated PBDE levels in commercial aviation workers could be found associated with time spent in airliners. Our findings do not support such an association.
研究美国职业航空公司工作人员可能接触多溴二苯醚（PBDEs）的情况。
我们招募了 30 名居住在德克萨斯州达拉斯地区的健康美国职业航空公司工作人员，以检测他们血液中的 PBDE 水平。我们研究了在飞机上工作的时间与总 PBDE 血液水平之间的关系。
尽管在少数志愿者中某些同系物略有升高，但 30 名志愿者的总 PBDE 血液水平并无明显异常。过去 1 年或 5 年在飞机上的时间与个别溴化二苯醚同系物或总 PBDEs 水平之间没有统计学上的显著相关性。
我们假设在商业航空工作人员中发现的 PBDE 水平升高可能与在客机上花费的时间有关。我们的研究结果并不支持这种关联。
