AU - golabadi, majid AU - attarchi, mirsaeed TI - Occupational exposure to a mixture of organic solvents and prevalence of hypertension in workers of a car manufacturing company PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - IOH JN - IOH VO - 9 VI - 4 IP - 4 4099 - http://ioh.iums.ac.ir/article-1-536-en.html 4100 - http://ioh.iums.ac.ir/article-1-536-en.pdf SO - IOH 4 AB  -  Background and aim: Hypertension (HTN) is a common disease with various complications for health. A number of studies suggested that some organic solvents can affect blood pressure and usually workers in work environments expose to mixtures of solvents. We decided to survey the effects of a mixture of organic solvents on blood pressure in workers of a car manufacturing company.  Methods: In a cross-sectional study, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP&DBP) of 179 workers of a car manufacturing plant was measured. Workers in the repair location as non-exposure group and workers in the paint location as exposure group were compared in terms of systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP&DBP) and prevalence of hypertension and pre - hypertension. Results: There were no statistically significant differences between groups in the variables, age, employment duration, smoking and other confounding factors (p CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - IOH PG - 80 PT - Research YR - 2013