Biological exposure index

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• Personal Author:
  Weinrich AJ
• Description:
  Human biological exposure indices are guidance levels of determinants for assessing worker dose from occupational exposures. They differ from other occupational exposure limits (OELs) for chemicals, which typically are measured in air, in that their determinants are measured in biological materials from the workers. BEIs consider the dose that has entered a worker's body by all routes. Thus, these measurements can provide more complete estimates of exposure, especially for chemicals that may be absorbed by routes other than inhalation and when inhalation rates are altered because, for example, of increased work rates. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biochemistry Biological Products Biomarkers Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Biochemical-indicators Biological-agents Biological-material Biological-monitoring Dose-response Employee-exposure Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Humans Industrial-exposures Occupational-exposure

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• ISBN:
  9780123694003
• Publisher:
  Academic Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  286-287
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043961
• Citation:
  Encyclopedia of toxicology, second edition. Wexler P, Anderson BD, De Peyster A, Gad SC, eds. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2005 Mar; :286-287
• Editor(s):
  Wexler P; Anderson BD; De Peyster A; Gad SC
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Encyclopedia of toxicology, second edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c9cc2420a01033226263b2fd08db6fbec671fe7a1c219792eb92e9349de07e49e988362e16198c7ac98400dca04ca4121f0b43ec537590994efb64b18577346d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199823/cdc_199823_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 153.60 KB ]