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Cadmium Monitoring at the Workplace: Effectiveness of a Combination of Air- and Biomonitoring
Toxics, 2023 Inhalation exposure to cadmium at the workplace has been associated with an increased risk of lung cancer and non-cancer respiratory effects. To ensure levels of cadmium remain below effect levels, air quality is monitored and regulations specifying an ...
Noömi Lombaert +2 more
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Worker protection and OSH legislation in the EU [PDF]
, 2023 Each year, an estimated figure of over 700,000 workers worldwide die prematurely dueto work-related cancer. In order to prevent mortality as well as occupational diseases, theEuropean Union has issued legislation addressing the safe use of chemical ...
Popma, Jan
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2020 In an editorial in an earlier issue of this journal, Johanson & Tinnerberg (1) expressed serious and well-founded concern over the large number of future occupational cancer cases that will result if exposures for a number of substances are not reduced ...
Maria Albin, Per Gustavsson
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Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2022 Populations in coastal areas are vulnerable to chronic exposure to potentially toxic elements (PTEs) from aquatic ecosystems. In this study, we estimated the health risks from Cd, Cr, Fe, and Pb exposure in river water, sediments, and edible aquatic ...
Ratna Dwi Puji Astuti +6 more
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The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety, 2017 The German Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area sets maximum concentrations for chemicals in the work place air (MAK value). The MAK value is defined as a time‐weighted average concentration for 8 hours per day and assuming on average a 40‐hour work week.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Ständige Senatskommission zur Prüfung Gesundheitsschädlicher Arbeitsstoffe +2 more
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Frontiers in Toxicology, 2022 During the synthesis of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs), various occupational exposures occur, leading to health consequences. To date, there is paucity of studies focused on modeling the deposition of nanoparticles emitted from ENMs synthesis processes.
Masilu D. Masekameni +4 more
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Toxics, 2021 Sewage sludge and livestock (chicken, swine and cattle) manure samples were collected from the Yanmenguan Cattle Herbivorous Livestock Area to compare the potential ecological and human health risks caused by heavy metals contained in them. In this study,
Baoling Duan, Qiang Feng
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Nanomaterials, 2020 In this contribution, we show the suitability of a 3D airway model, when coupled with a nebulizer system, for simulating workplace exposure to nanoparticles. As a proof of concept, workplace exposure to silica nanoparticles was experimentally measured in
Luisana Di Cristo +3 more
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Evaluation of Noise Levels in a University Dental Clinic
Applied Sciences, 2023 Noise levels in a dental office can be produced by different specialty instruments. Exposure to high levels of noise (unwanted sounds) may cause auditory and non-auditory health problems in dentists.
Maria Antoniadou +2 more
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Unusual Non-Occupational Exposure to Metals [PDF]
, 2003 Exposure to metals at workplaces is well known and in many cases occupational studies led to an adoption of limit values. For airborne concentrations of substances as metals refer to the “Maximaleo Arbeitsplatz-Konzentration” (MAK) in Germany or the ...
Wrbitzky, Renate
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