Teschke K, Ahrens W, Andersen A, Boffetta P, Fincham S, Finkelstein M, Henneberger P, Kauppinen T, Kogevinas M, Korhonen K, Liss G, Liukkonnen T, Osvoll P, Savela A, Szadkowska-Stanczyk I, Westberg H, Widerkiewicz K
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Am Ind Hyg Assoc J. 1999 Jan-Feb;60(1):73-83. doi: 10.1080/00028899908984424.
As part of an international epidemiological study of workers in the pulp and paper industry, previously unpublished exposure measurements were assembled in a database. This article describes 7293 measurements in nonproduction departments from 147 mills in 11 countries. The greatest variety of agents was measured in the maintenance, construction, and cleaning department, where high exposures to asbestos, chromium [VI] compounds, copper, mercury in urine, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, styrene, sulfur dioxide, trichloroethylene, and welding fumes were observed. Measurements in the storage, yard, loading, and shipping department indicated high exposures to asbestos, carbon monoxide, fungal spores, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and total dust. The steam and power generation department had high exposures to methyl mercaptan, silica, and total dust. Measurements in process and effluent water treatment, laboratory and research, engineering, and office, administration, and cafeteria areas had few elevated exposures. Throughout the nonproduction departments, measurements of pulp-production chemicals such as chlorine and sulfur compounds tended to be low, with many below detection limits. There were some problems with the available data; in particular, detection limits were often not specified, and the data tended to be clustered in such a way that sources of exposure variability could not be distinguished. Despite these problems, the data provide new insight into the exposures of nonproduction pulp and paper industry personnel.
作为对纸浆和造纸行业工人进行的一项国际流行病学研究的一部分，以前未发表的接触测量数据被汇总到一个数据库中。本文描述了来自11个国家147家工厂非生产部门的7293次测量结果。在维护、建筑和清洁部门测量到的化学物质种类最多，在这些部门观察到石棉、六价铬化合物、铜、尿汞、二氧化氮、臭氧、苯乙烯、二氧化硫、三氯乙烯和焊接烟尘的高接触水平。在储存、堆场、装卸和运输部门的测量表明，石棉、一氧化碳、真菌孢子、氮氧化物、二氧化硫和总粉尘的接触水平较高。蒸汽和发电部门甲基硫醇、二氧化硅和总粉尘的接触水平较高。在工艺和废水处理、实验室和研究、工程以及办公室、行政和食堂区域的测量中，很少有接触水平升高的情况。在整个非生产部门，氯和硫化合物等纸浆生产化学品的测量值往往较低，许多低于检测限。现有数据存在一些问题；特别是，检测限往往未明确规定，而且数据的聚集方式使得无法区分接触变异性的来源。尽管存在这些问题，这些数据为非生产性纸浆和造纸行业人员的接触情况提供了新的见解。
