Strategies to Assess Occupational Exposure to Airborne Nanoparticles: Systematic Review and Recommendations
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 workp...
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| author | Louis Galey Sabyne Audignon Patrick Brochard Maximilien Debia Aude Lacourt Pierre Lambert Olivier Le Bihan Laurent Martinon Sébastien Bau Olivier Witschger Alain Garrigou |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e05cbe357b08476eade79bae142a6ab52023-06-15T04:55:36ZengElsevierSafety and Health at Work2093-79112023-06-01142163173Strategies to Assess Occupational Exposure to Airborne Nanoparticles: Systematic Review and RecommendationsLouis Galey0Sabyne Audignon1Patrick Brochard2Maximilien Debia3Aude Lacourt4Pierre Lambert5Olivier Le Bihan6Laurent Martinon7Sébastien Bau8Olivier Witschger9Alain Garrigou10University Paris Nanterre, Department of Psychology, LAPPS, Team TE2O, Nanterre, France; Corresponding author.Univ. Bordeaux, INSERM, BPH, UMR1219, EPICENE Team, Bordeaux, FranceUniv. Bordeaux, INSERM, BPH, UMR1219, EPICENE Team, Bordeaux, France; University Hospital of Bordeaux, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Bordeaux, FranceDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Centre de Recherche en Santé Publique (CReSP), Montreal, Québec, CanadaUniv. Bordeaux, INSERM, BPH, UMR1219, EPICENE Team, Bordeaux, FranceCARSAT Aquitaine, Bordeaux, FranceINERIS, Verneuil en Halatte, FranceService Parisien de Santé Environnementale, Laboratoire Amiante, Fibres et Particules, Ville de Paris, Paris, FranceINRS, Laboratoire de Métrologie des Aérosols, Vandoeuvre Lès Nancy, FranceINRS, Laboratoire de Métrologie des Aérosols, Vandoeuvre Lès Nancy, FranceUniv. Bordeaux, INSERM, BPH, UMR1219, EPICENE Team, Bordeaux, FranceIn 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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791123000070Contextual informationMeasurement strategyNanoparticlesTiered approachWork activity |
| spellingShingle | Louis Galey Sabyne Audignon Patrick Brochard Maximilien Debia Aude Lacourt Pierre Lambert Olivier Le Bihan Laurent Martinon Sébastien Bau Olivier Witschger Alain Garrigou Strategies to Assess Occupational Exposure to Airborne Nanoparticles: Systematic Review and Recommendations Safety and Health at Work Contextual information Measurement strategy Nanoparticles Tiered approach Work activity |
| title | Strategies to Assess Occupational Exposure to Airborne Nanoparticles: Systematic Review and Recommendations |
| title_full | Strategies to Assess Occupational Exposure to Airborne Nanoparticles: Systematic Review and Recommendations |
| title_fullStr | Strategies to Assess Occupational Exposure to Airborne Nanoparticles: Systematic Review and Recommendations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategies to Assess Occupational Exposure to Airborne Nanoparticles: Systematic Review and Recommendations |
| title_short | Strategies to Assess Occupational Exposure to Airborne Nanoparticles: Systematic Review and Recommendations |
| title_sort | strategies to assess occupational exposure to airborne nanoparticles systematic review and recommendations |
| topic | Contextual information Measurement strategy Nanoparticles Tiered approach Work activity |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791123000070 |
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