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A Study on Monitoring Techniques for Dermal Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals

  • Lee, Su-Gil (Discipline of Public Health, University of Adelaide) ;
  • Lee, Nae-Woo (Division of Safety Engineering, Pukyong National University)
  • Published : 2009.06.30
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Abstract

Due to dermal exposure to hazardous chemicals causing potential adverse health symptoms through skin absorption, dermal monitoring has had an important role in assessing such exposure. This paper overviews comparatively a number of studies of dermal monitoring with different methodologies such as surface monitoring, skin wiping, skin washing, adhesive methods and tape stripping, fluorescence and infrared spectroscopy, skin patches, pads and clothing, video exposure monitoring and dermal exposure assessment toolkits and models. However, there is a lack of information on the relationship between exposure levels and adverse health symptoms. Therefore, more specific strategies for dermal exposure monitoring should be developed and standardized with further development of biological and ocular monitoring.

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