Timo Kauppinen, Kay Teschke, George Astrakianakis, Paolo Boffetta, Didier Colin, Anya Keefe, Kari Korhonen, Tuula Liukkonen, Anne-Marie Nicol, Brian Pannett, Håkan Westberg
A data management system and a department-exposure matrix (PAPDEM) was designed and constructed to facilitate exposure assessment for a large multinational study on cancer risks among pulp, paper, and paper product workers. Exposure to 25 major agents was described by prevalence, P (i.e., proportion of the exposed, classified %-range), and level, L (i.e., annual mean concentration at work, classified). Some agents could be assessed only in qualitative terms. The assessment was specific to mill, work department, agent, and time period...
May 2002: AIHA Journal: a Journal for the Science of Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety