Quantification of ETS exposure in hospitality workers who have never smoked.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) was classified as human carcinogen (K1) by the German Research Council in 1998. According to epidemiological studies, the relative risk especially for lung cancer might be twice as high in persons who have never smoked but who are in the highest exposure category, for example hospitality workers. In order to implement these results in the German regulations on occupational illnesses, a valid method is needed to retrospectively assess the cumulative ETS exposure in the hospitality environment.

Methods

A literature-based review was carried out to locate a method that can be used for the German hospitality sector. Studies assessing ETS exposure using biological markers (for example urinary cotinine, DNA adducts) or questionnaires wer

SUBMITTER: Kolb S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2933666 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature