Understanding workplace processes and factors that determine exposures to engineered nanomaterials

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• Personal Author:
  Bello D ; Stefaniak, Aleksandr B. ; Virji, M. Abbas ; Woskie SR
• Description:
  There is a critical need to understand the factors that influence engineered nanomaterial (ENM) exposures in the workplace. Such an understanding would aid in: identifying and prioritizing control measures; targeting future exposure measurements; and predicting worker exposures for work scenarios. This information could also be used in epidemiological studies. We propose a multitiered model in which information on exposure factors can be obtained at the macrolevel (examining differences in exposures between different ENM sectors or product types); the midlevel (examining differences in exposures between workplaces within the same ENM sector or product type); and the microlevel (examining differences in exposure between tasks or between ENM types during the same task). Further, within the microlevel, potential exposure factors are defined by a source-receptor model. We recommend that auxiliary data be collected systematically, along with exposure measurements, to enable analysis of exposure factors as well as the pooling of data across studies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Exposure-assessment Hazardous-materials Information-systems Nanotechnology Occupational-exposure Risk-analysis Risk-factors Surveillance-programs Task-performance Toxic-materials Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1077-3525
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  365-377
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037920
• Citation:
  Int J Occup Environ Health 2010 Oct-Dec; 16(4):365-377
• Contact Point Address:
  Susan R. Woskie, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Work Environment, Lowell, MA 01854 USA
• Email:
  Susan_Woskie@uml.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191836/cdc_191836_DS1.pdf
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