Exposure Assessment for a Study of Workers Exposed to Acrylonitrile. III: Evaluation of Exposure Assessment Methods

Development of a questionnaire to assess worker knowledge, attitudes and perceptions underlying dermal exposure

“…Use of observational exposure surveys is a well-established method in the epidemiology and exposure literature on the assessment of inhalation and dermal exposures (29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35). Psychosocial components of behavior have been examined previously in the field of industrial hygiene to address issues such as worker pesticide exposure and worker low-back pain (11,13,17).…”

Dermal exposure assessment in occupational epidemiologic research

“…Self-reported frequency of direct dermal contact with PCB was used in a study of clinical and metabolic abnormalities to divide PCB-exposed workers into four exposure groups (eg, never, rarely, occasionally, and frequent contact) (20). In a study of cancer mortality among workers exposed to acrylonitrile, a dermal score was developed by multiplying the percentage concentration of acrylonitrile in the liquid with the estimated frequency of dermal contact (21,22).…”

Historical Exposures to Chemicals at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant: A Pilot Retrospective Exposure Assessment

“…(1992bStewart et a/. ( , 1995Stewart et a/. ( , 1996 expanded the above system into a computerized data management system for job-exposure profiles as part of a study of workers exposed to acrylonitrile.…”

“…The program allowed the user to select from several methods of estimation, depending on the amount of air-monitoring data available (Stewart et aL, 1995(Stewart et aL, , 1996 et al, 1985, 1993 …”

“…Information was collected as described above. A menu-driven computer program was designed to organize the information (Stewart et a/., 1992b(Stewart et a/., , 1995(Stewart et a/., , 1996.…”