title: The 2008 ICOH Workshop on Skin Notation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  On 29 March 2008 the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) Scientific Committee on Occupational and Environmental Dermatoses organized a Skin Notation Workshop hosted by the 11th International Percutaneous Penetration Perspectives Conference (La Grande Motte, France). Skin notation (S) was chosen as a topic for discussion because this is the only example of existing regulation in the field of dermal risk assessment. The issue was discussed in a previous workshop held in Siena, Italy in 2006 with the objective of focussing on the problems related to S, the different assignment criteria and the attempts to improve the S system made by various international and governmental agencies. A position paper was subsequently published.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The workshop in France was a continuation of this activity with the aim of evaluating how the different strategies can improve S.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Workshop was divided into two sessions. The first was dedicated to lectures focused on different aspects of S. In the second session participants discussed key issues with the aim of exploring the actions needed to improve international S. systems.
authors.affiliation: Occupational Medicine and Toxicology Unit, University of Siena, Italy. sartorelli@unisi.it
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sartorelli
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Ahlers
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Cherrie
authors.forename: Sanja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kezic
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Johanson
authors.forename: Francesca Larese
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Filon
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stull
authors.forename: Faith
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000592:standards*; D010539:Permeability; D011356:Product Labeling; D011481:Protective Clothing / Q000592:standards; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D012869:Skin Absorption
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances