NORA dermal exposure research program (DERP).

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• Personal Author:
  Soderholm SC
• Description:
  Some significant aspects of the US occupational skin exposure problem are: 1. Contact dermatitis is 10-15% of all occupational illnesses at an annual cost exceeding $1,000,000,000. 2. The toll of systemic effects has not been estimated. 3. Dermal exposure assessment is not standardized and the results are difficult to interpret in terms of risk 4. Engineering controls are emphasized too little. 5. NIOSH policy focuses on Skin Notations and needs more comprehensive approaches. Part of the response by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is: 1. After consulting with approximately 500 external partners, Allergic and Irritant Dermatitis was chosen as one of 21 priority research areas in the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA). 2. In 2000, the Dermal Exposure Research Program (DERP) was created to support and coordinate a program of NORA research and policy development in NIOSH. The overall goal of NORA DERP is to promote the development of NIOSH policies and recommendations for identifying and controlling skin exposures and dermatitis by: 1. adding critical information to our current knowledge base through laboratory and field investigations and 2. developing and applying a scientific decision-making process for policy development using that knowledge base.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Blood Environmental Pollution Epidemiology Hazardous Substances Hematologic Tests Industrial Waste Insecticides Occupational Health Race Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Allergic-dermatitis Analytical-methods Contact-dermatitis Dermatitis Dermatosis Engineering-controls Occupational-dermatitis Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Risk-analysis Risk-factors Skin-absorption Skin-disorders Skin-exposure Skin-irritants Skin-protection

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  197-198
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027277
• Citation:
  International conference on occupational and environmental exposures of skin to chemicals: science and policy, September 8-11, 2002, Washington, DC. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2002 Sep; :197-198
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  International conference on occupational and environmental exposures of skin to chemicals: science and policy, September 8-11, 2002, Washington, DC
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:22ffe69e1719bb70fdff7a021606218ee02b6204e04f626a31be885ea6409060393e3d580977a65e99a355a16d750f3ae6063eee14465f7120529860258612c4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181330/cdc_181330_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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