Exposure registries: overview and utility for nanomaterial workers

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• Personal Author:
  Mulloy KB ; Mundt DJ ; Mundt KA ; Nasterlack M ; Schulte, Paul A.
• Description:
  Objective: This article provides the background for consideration of exposure registries to address potential disease risks in nanomaterial workers. Methods: The history of exposure registries is reviewed with a focus on their purpose and criteria for establishment. Results: A rationale is presented for developing registries of nanomaterial workers, and unresolved obstacles and challenges are identified. These include issues on inclusion criteria, funding, potential for legal risks, access to data, confidentiality of business information, privacy, and workers' expectations. Conclusion: If society is to gain the benefits from nanotechnology, it must take precautions and demonstrate care for those, such as workers, who may be most at risk of adverse effects. Establishing exposure registries is a part of such a precautionary and caring approach. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Data-processing Demographic-characteristics Diseases Employee-exposure Environmental-exposure Exposure-assessment Hazardous-materials Health-hazards Industrial-exposures Information-processing Information-retrieval-systems Information-systems Nanotechnology Occupational-exposure Risk-analysis Risk-factors Surveillance-programs Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  53
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038914
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2011 Jun; 53(6S):S42-S47
• Contact Point Address:
  Paul A. Schulte, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-14, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  PSchulte@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Supplement:
  6S
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192444/cdc_192444_DS1.pdf
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