title: [A questionnaire survey on the dissemination of personal exposure monitoring of organic solvents in Japan].
abstract: A questionnaire survey on the dissemination of personal exposure monitoring of hazardous chemicals, especially organic solvents, was conducted on 404 Japanese institutions for occupational health and environment, including enterprises, national and municipal institutes, universities and colleges. Responses were received from 236 organizations. The results can be summarized as follows: Of the 236 organizations which responded, 89 (37.7%) had some experience in measuring personal exposure in workers exposed to hazardous chemicals. In 74.2% of these 89 institutions, personal exposure monitoring of organic solvents was being made. Passive dosimeter method was far more commonly employed in Japan than charcoal tube method. Personal exposure measurement is predominantly regarded to be supplementary to the general air sampling and measurement method provided for in the Working Environment Measurement Law (1975). It is considered that personal exposure monitoring would be further disseminated in Japan than today with the aim of improving the health care system for industrial workers and of elucidating epidemiologically the relationship of chemical exposure to biological effects.
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D012997:Solvents; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D012997:Solvents