van Muiswinkel W J, Kromhout H, Onos T, Kersemaekers W
Department of Air Quality, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands.
Ann Occup Hyg. 1997 Apr;41(2):235-47. doi: 10.1016/S0003-4878(96)00040-3.
Personal exposure to solvents was studied among hairdressers in 28 salons in two regions during two seasons in The Netherlands. Ethanol was used as a marker for solvent exposure. Auxiliary data, such as salon and work characteristics, meteorological conditions and information on the presence of control measures, were collected during the measurements. The average exposure to ethanol was almost a factor of 200 below the occupational exposure limit, but differences in average ethanol concentrations up to a factor of 30 were present between salons. Exposure concentrations were significantly higher on Fridays than on other days of the week. Contrary to expectation, exposures were somewhat lower in the spring than in the summer and in an urban than a semi-rural area. An empirical statistical model based on exposure data collected during the first measurement period appeared not to be valid for the encountered circumstances in the second measurement period. An alternative classification scheme based on two easily obtainable salon and task characteristics was elaborated. This scheme will be applied in an ongoing epidemiological study on reproductive disorders among hairdressers and their offspring.
在荷兰的两个地区，对28家美发沙龙的美发师在两个季节中的溶剂个人暴露情况进行了研究。乙醇被用作溶剂暴露的标志物。在测量期间收集了辅助数据，如沙龙和工作特征、气象条件以及控制措施的存在情况等信息。乙醇的平均暴露量几乎比职业暴露限值低200倍，但各沙龙之间的平均乙醇浓度差异高达30倍。周五的暴露浓度显著高于一周中的其他日子。与预期相反，春季的暴露量略低于夏季，城市地区的暴露量低于半农村地区。基于第一个测量期收集的暴露数据建立的经验统计模型，在第二个测量期遇到的情况下似乎无效。基于两个易于获取的沙龙和任务特征制定了一种替代分类方案。该方案将应用于正在进行的关于美发师及其后代生殖障碍的流行病学研究中。
