A road map toward a globally harmonized approach for occupational health surveillance and epidemiology in nanomaterial workers

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• Personal Author:
  Bergamaschi E ; Brouwer DH ; Clark KA ; Frijns E ; Gibson R ; Ho SF ; Hoeck J ; Koppen G ; Liou S-H ; Nelissen I ; Riediker M ; Schubauer-Berigan, Mary K.
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: Few epidemiological studies have addressed the health of workers exposed to novel manufactured nanomaterials. The small current workforce will necessitate pooling international cohorts. METHOD: A road map was defined for a globally harmonized framework for the careful choice of materials, exposure characterization, identification of study populations, definition of health endpoints, evaluation of appropriateness of study designs, data collection and analysis, and interpretation of the results. RESULTS: We propose a road map to reach global consensus on these issues. The proposed strategy should ensure that the costs of action are not disproportionate to the potential benefits and that the approach is pragmatic and practical. CONCLUSIONS: We should aim to go beyond the collection of health complaints, illness statistics, or even counts of deaths; the manifestation of such clear endpoints would indicate a failure of preventive measures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Epidemiology Hazardous Substances Health Promotion Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Disease-prevention Employee-exposure Employee-health Hazardous-materials Health-hazards Health-programs Industrial-environment Industrial-exposures Information-systems Injury-prevention Nanotechnology Occupational-hazards Physical-chemistry Safety-programs Surveillance-programs Work-environment Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041571
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2012 Oct; 54(10):1214-1223
• Contact Point Address:
  Michael Riediker, Dr.SC., National Institute for Work and Health, Bugnon 21, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:097c2d18455c637b7af10bc9d8ff091d0dba542c1a3afcdcd8b0bbd5001e3ca924702e580b6313e1d7dd26cecf11e199f78916492f5ec8876f6f495205b0d72d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194105/cdc_194105_DS1.pdf
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