Chemical process based reconstruction of exposures for an epidemiological study. III. Analysis of industrial hygiene samples

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• Personal Author:
  Basara H ; Buchanich JM ; Esmen NA ; Hall TA ; Jones EP ; Leonard RC ; Marsh GM ; Phillips ML ; Youk AO
• Description:
  As part of an historical cohort study to investigate the mortality experience of industrial workers exposed to chloroprene (beta-CD) and other substances, all available industrial hygiene exposure monitoring data were collected and summarized. From discussions with on-site industrial hygiene personnel, it was apparent that these data were not collected for epidemiological purposes and, therefore, their use in characterization of exposures was problematic as the data mostly pertained to samples collected to investigate the performance of specific tasks. These data were, however, informative for validating the exposure modeling process used to estimate historical exposures. The data summarized below clearly indicate that exposures to beta-CD were lowered across the time period of this study. Typically, the exposures recorded were less than the occupational exposure limits of the periods in which the exposures were recorded. Additionally, exposure measurements recorded in the recent past do not represent the exposure actually experienced by the worker as a strict personal protective equipment use program has been in place for the facilities studied since the mid-1980s. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chloroprene Environmental Exposure Epidemiology Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Chloroprene Cohort Study Exposure Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Industrial-exposures Industrial Hygiene Models Monomers Mortality-data Mortality-rates Personal-protective-equipment

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• ISSN:
  0009-2797
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Delaware ; Illinois ; Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  277-284
• Volume:
  166
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039091
• Citation:
  Chem-Biol Interact 2007 Mar; 166(1-3):277-284
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas A. Hall, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK 93041
• Email:
  tom-hall@ouhsc.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chloroprene (CAS RN 126-99-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Chemico-Biological Interactions
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:15d0623699abe7d82fdb1e200fc695f531a27e6b23890ece1e0b8728104368f0c21d53365f1aab82bea3c27356766abc72de4a65a642442fcfc8d21e1e34ad37
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192573/cdc_192573_DS1.pdf
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