Modeling of occupational exposure to accidentally released manufactured nanomaterials in a production facility and calculation of internal doses by inhalation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Occupational exposure to manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) and its potential health impacts are of scientific and practical interest, as previous epidemiological studies associate exposure to nanoparticles with health effects, including increased morbidity of the respiratory and the circulatory system.

Objectives

To estimate the occupational exposure and effective internal doses in a real production facility of TiO₂ MNMs during hypothetical scenarios of accidental release.

Methods

Commercial software for geometry and mesh generation, as well as fluid flow and particle dispersion calculation, were used to estimate occupational exposure to MNMs. The results were introduced to in-house software to calculate internal doses in the human respiratory tr

SUBMITTER: Pilou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5102221 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature