Recent advances in assessment of workplace exposure--epidemiologic linkage of medical and environmental data
The toxicity to man of environmental agents is most accurately assessed when quantitative data are available on both exposure (dose) and response. Worker populations are of unique importance in the study of toxic effects because they are relatively well defined, easily traced, and more heavily exposed to toxic chemical and physical agents than are members of the general community. The union of epidemiology, industrial hygiene, and occupational subacute, and chronic dose-response relationships in worker populations. This report describes the application of epidemiology to evaluations of workers exposed to methyl alcohol vapor (acute toxicity), ozone (subacute), and lead and ionizing radiation (chronic). The derivation of accurate dose-response data provides a rational basis for the establishment of exposure standards.
- OSTI ID:
- 5695614
- Journal Information:
- J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part A; (United States), Vol. A17:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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