Lead exposure in US worksites: A literature review and development of an occupational lead exposure database from the published literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Retrospective exposure assessment of occupational lead exposure in population-based studies requires historical exposure information from many occupations and industries.

Methods

We reviewed published US exposure monitoring studies to identify lead measurement data. We developed an occupational lead exposure database from the 175 identified papers containing 1,111 sets of lead concentration summary statistics (21% area air, 47% personal air, 32% blood). We also extracted ancillary exposure-related information, including job, industry, task/location, year collected, sampling strategy, control measures in place, and sampling and analytical methods.

Results

The measurements were published between 1940 and 2010 and represented 27 2-digit standardized industry c

SUBMITTER: Koh DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4711746 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature