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15518086

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-2
pubmed:abstractText
Since it has been realised that inhalation of inert dust is one of the important confounding variables for the development of chronic bronchitis, the threshold values for occupational exposure to these dusts needs to be further decreased. The German Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area (MAK-Commission) has set a new threshold (MAK-Value) for inert dusts (4 mg/m3 for inhalable dust, 1.5 mg/m3 for respirable dust) in 1997. This value is much lower than the threshold values currently used world-wide. The aim of the present article is to assess the scientific plausibility of the methodology (databases and statistics) used to set these new German MAK-Values, regarding their adoption in Austria. Although we believe that it is substantial to lower the MAK-Value for inert dust in order to prevent the development of chronic bronchitis as a consequence of occupational exposure to inert dusts, the applied methodology used by the German MAK-Commission in 1997 to set the new MAK-Values does not justify the reduction of the threshold limit value. A carefully designed study to establish an appropriate scientific basis for setting a new threshold value for inert dusts in the workplace should be carried out. Meanwhile, at least the currently internationally applied threshold values should be adopted in Austria.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0043-5325
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
116 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
[The new German general threshold limit value for dust--pro and contra the adoption in Austria].
pubmed:affiliation
Klinische Abteilung für Arbeitsmedizin, Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin IV, AKH Wien, Osterreich. Jasminka.godnic-cvar@akh-wien.ac.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract