Use of expert judgment in exposure assessment. Part I. Characterization of personal exposure to benzene

Exposure of UK industrial plumbers to asbestos, Part I: Monitoring of exposure using personal passive samplers.

Epidemiological data suggest that there has been and may continue to be a significant risk to maintenance workers, who through their work may disturb asbestos-containing materials (ACM). The sampling and assessment of maintenance workers' exposure is a particular problem because they may not know that they are working with ACM. A strategy to monitor their true exposure has been developed and ap...

Guidelines for personal exposure monitoring of chemicals: Part I

This Document, "Guidelines for personal exposure monitoring of chemicals" ("this Guideline"), has been prepared by "The Committee for Personal Exposure Monitoring" ("the Committee") of the Expert Division of Occupational Hygiene & Ergonomics, Japan Society for Occupational Health. Considering the background of the growing importance of personal exposure monitoring in risk assessment and the nee...

Assessment of Personal Exposure to Airborne Nanomaterials

Maternal Personal Exposure to Airborne Benzene and Intrauterine Growth

BACKGROUND Studies relying on outdoor pollutants measures have reported associations between air pollutants and birth weight. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to assess the relation between maternal personal exposure to airborne benzene during pregnancy and fetal growth. METHODS We recruited pregnant women in two French maternity hospitals in 2005-2006 as part of the EDEN mother-child cohort. A subsam...

Risk assessment of leukaemia and occupational exposure to benzene.

Experimental toxicological studies have offered clear evidence that benzene induces haematopoietic neoplasms, and it is generally accepted that exposure to benzene is a risk factor for leukaemia, in particular for acute non-lymphatic leukaemia. Quantitative aspects of benzene risk assessment are still a matter of controversy, however. In several risk assessments an estimated 50 deaths from leuk...