DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2015.v03i08.060

Pages: 3054-3056

To evaluate the hematological changes among workers with continuous exposure to benzene. This is a population-based-cross-sectional study was carried out to investigate the potential risk of exposure to benzene in Elobid city, Sudan, among Petrol Station workers. Short questionnaire was administered on the randomly chosen subjects to elicit demographic features of workers were recorded information on their exposure. And forty blood samples were collected and performed complete blood cell (CBC) and reticulocytes count for each participant. The data was entered and analyzed by SPSS prograrmme (version 16) and compared with international studies. In Result show that CBC parameters as follows : RBCs (Mean = 3.4±.6) (.00), Hb (Mean = 13.7±.5) (P value =.0.748), HCT(Mean = 41.9)(P value =.00), MCV(Mean = 77.9)(P value =.00), MCH(Mean =25.7)(P value =.00),MCHC(Mean = 32.7) P value =.00), RWDSD (Mean = 0.325) (.00), platelets count (Mean = 276.6),(P value=.045), TWBCs(Mean = 7.3±.6)(P value = .097), Retics count (Mean = 0.32) (.00). In conclusions, those exposed to benzene may develop bone marrow depression, as evidenced by drop in Reticulocytes, Hct and red cell indices in all workers WBC and platelets count were not sensitive indicators of benzene-induced hematotoxicity.