Classification of occupational activities for assessment of inhalation exposure

Hans Marquart; Thomas Schneider; Henk Goede; Martin Tischer; Jody Schinkel; Nick Warren; Wouter Fransman; Suzanne Spaan; Martie Van Tongeren; Hans Kromhout; Erik Tielemans; John Cherrie

doi:10.1093/annhyg/mer072

Classification of occupational activities for assessment of inhalation exposure

Hans Marquart, Thomas Schneider, Henk Goede, Martin Tischer, Jody Schinkel, Nick Warren, Wouter Fransman, Suzanne Spaan, Martie Van Tongeren, Hans Kromhout, Erik Tielemans, John Cherrie

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Abstract

There is a large variety of activities in workplaces that can lead to emission of substances. Coding systems based on determinants of emission have so far not been developed. In this paper, a system of Activity Classes and Activity Subclasses is proposed for categorizing activities involving chemical use. Activity Classes share their so-called 'emission generation mechanisms' and physical state of the product handled and the underlying determinants of emission. A number of (industrial) stakeholders actively participated in testing and fine-tuning the system. With the help of these stakeholders, it was found to be relatively easy to allocate a large number of activities to the Activity Classes and Activity Subclasses. The system facilitates a more structured classification of activities in exposure databases, a structured analysis of the analogy of exposure activities, and a transparent quantification of the activity emission potential in (new) exposure assessment models. The first use of the system is in the Advanced REACH Tool.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	989-1005
Number of pages	17
Journal	Annals of Occupational Hygiene
Volume	55
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/mer072
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2011

Keywords

determinants of exposure
exposure assessment methodology
exposure modeling
REACH

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Classification of occupational activities for assessment of inhalation exposure. / Marquart, Hans; Schneider, Thomas; Goede, Henk; Tischer, Martin; Schinkel, Jody; Warren, Nick; Fransman, Wouter; Spaan, Suzanne; Van Tongeren, Martie; Kromhout, Hans; Tielemans, Erik; Cherrie, John.

In: Annals of Occupational Hygiene, Vol. 55, No. 9, 01.11.2011, p. 989-1005.

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