[A proposed method for evaluating exposure conditions from measured values when sampling duration less than 8 hours].
In order to evaluate occupational exposure conditions, it is necessary to determine the 8-hr time-weighted average (8-hr TWA) of exposure concentrations and compare the 8-hr TWA value with the permissible exposure limit, but 8-hr sampling is difficult for the outside laboratories because of trip time. For working environment measurement, because sampling duration in a unit work area may be one hour, the measurement can be conducted in several work areas in a day. If exposure conditions can be evaluated with the 1-hr TWA values, sampling to determine the exposure concentration would be efficient and able to be completed during the work area sampling. From this point of view, methods for evaluating exposure conditions with 1-hr or more TWA values are proposed in this paper.
Kumagai
Shinji
S
Department of Occupational Health, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, 1-3-69 Nakamichi, Hagashinari-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka 537-0025, Japan.
Matsunaga
Ichiro
I
D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D013997:Time Factors