title: Exposure from occupational versus other sources.
abstract: There is an increasing need to consider the various routes of exposure to individuals in occupational settings, as well as the exposure of the general public to a broad spectrum of carcinogens. The need to consider indoor environments is increasingly recognized in light of the amount of time spent indoors by a large majority of the population and the recognition that levels of certain toxicants are higher indoors than outdoors. This overview highlights (i) a general comparison of exposure to indoor and outdoor levels of 12 volatile organic compounds and (ii) the exposure of workers and the general public to benzene, 1,3-butadiene, formaldehyde, styrene, tetrachloroethylene, phthalate esters, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, radon, and electromagnetic fields.
authors.affiliation: International Life Sciences Institute, Risk Science Institute, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fishbein
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects; D000818:Animals; D001554:Benzene / Q000009:adverse effects; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000009:adverse effects; D002070:Butadienes / Q000009:adverse effects; D002273:Carcinogens; D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate / Q000009:adverse effects; D004051:Diethylhexyl Phthalate / Q000009:adverse effects; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D009153:Mutagens / Q000009:adverse effects; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011886:Radon / Q000009:adverse effects; D020058:Styrene; D013343:Styrenes / Q000009:adverse effects; D013750:Tetrachloroethylene / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D002070:Butadienes; D002273:Carcinogens; D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D009153:Mutagens; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D013343:Styrenes; D005557:Formaldehyde; D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate; D020058:Styrene; D004051:Diethylhexyl Phthalate; D001554:Benzene; C031763:1,3-butadiene; D011886:Radon; D013750:Tetrachloroethylene