Strategies to Assess Occupational Exposure to Airborne Nanoparticles: Systematic Review and Recommendations.
Contextual information
Measurement strategy
Nanoparticles
Tiered approach
Work activity
Journal
Safety and health at work
ISSN: 2093-7911
Titre abrégé: Saf Health Work
Pays: Korea (South)
ID NLM: 101542940
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Jun 2023
Historique:
received:
15
07
2022
revised:
10
01
2023
accepted:
21
02
2023
medline:
30
6
2023
pubmed:
30
6
2023
entrez:
30
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In many industrial sectors, workers are exposed to manufactured or unintentionally emitted airborne nanoparticles (NPs). To develop prevention and enhance knowledge surrounding exposure, it has become crucial to achieve a consensus on how to assess exposure to airborne NPs by inhalation in the workplace. Here, we review the literature presenting recommendations on assessing occupational exposure to NPs. The 23 distinct strategies retained were analyzed in terms of the following points: target NPs, objectives, steps, "measurement strategy" (instruments, physicochemical analysis, and data processing), "contextual information" presented, and "work activity" analysis. The robustness (consistency of information) and practical aspects (detailed methodology) of each strategy were estimated. The objectives and methodological steps varied, as did the measurement techniques. Strategies were essentially based on NPs measurement, but improvements could be made to better account for "contextual information" and "work activity". Based on this review, recommendations for an operational strategy were formulated, integrating the work activity with the measurement to provide a more complete assessment of situations leading to airborne NP exposure. These recommendations can be used with the objective of producing homogeneous exposure data for epidemiological purposes and to help improve prevention strategies.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37389309
doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2023.02.002
pii: S2093-7911(23)00007-0
pmc: PMC10300466
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
163-173Informations de copyright
© 2023 Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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