Occupational exposure limits based on biological monitoring: the Japan Society for Occupational Health |
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| Authors: | K. Omae T. Takebayashi H. Sakurai |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan e-mail: omae@med.keio.ac.jp Tel.: +81-3-3353-1211 ext 2651; Fax: +81-3-3358-0614, JP;(2) National Institute of Industrial Health, Tokyo, Japan, JP |
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| Abstract: | The Japan Society for Occupational Health started to recommend an occupational exposure limit based on biological monitoring (OEL-B) in 1993. Up to 1998, OEL-Bs for mercury, lead, hexane and 3,3′-dichloro-4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane had been adopted and those for 17 chemical substances (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel, acetone, methanol, benzene, toluene, xylene, styrene, tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, N,N-dimethylacetoamide, N,N-dimethylformamide,carbon disulfide, carbon monoxide, and organophospate insecticides) are in preparation. Received: 13 January 1999 / Accepted: 16 January 1999 |
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| Keywords: | Biological monitoring Occupational exposure limit Reference value Japan Society for Occupational Health |
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