Behaviour in the workplace and monitoring data on occupational oral exposure to hazardous substances as prerequisites for the development of a model on occupational oral exposure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

IF 1.8 4区 医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Marlene Dietz, Anke Kahl, Urs Schlüter
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Introduction: The assessment of the overall exposure of workers to hazardous substances is fundamental for their comprehensive protection. This includes oral exposure to hazardous substances, which can be relevant for total exposure depending on the specific workplace and substance. However, monitoring and available modelling approaches for a sound assessment of this exposure pathway are limited. The development of an occupational oral exposure assessment model requires knowledge of the contributing mechanisms, including worker behaviour and occupational hygiene practice. In addition, monitoring data on occupational oral exposure are a prerequisite for the evaluation of an exposure model.

Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted using the PRISMA method. Studies describing behaviours and occupational hygiene practices with regard to oral occupational exposure, and studies including measured data sets for the model evaluation were identified. The included data were then extracted and evaluated in a meta-analysis.

Results: 142 studies addressing oral occupational exposure were identified in the area of behaviour and occupational hygiene. Frequencies of hygiene practices were aggregated. The influence of worker training was investigated and the controllability of individual behaviour was described qualitatively. For the model evaluation, 9 publications were identified that included monitoring data for oral occupational exposure. These publications use 5 different sampling approaches and describe 4 different substance groups.

Discussion: The systematic literature search on behaviour and occupational hygiene provides a partly quantitative basis for the model-based description of occupational oral exposure to hazardous substances. Oral exposure to hazardous substances cannot be prevented by good occupational hygiene practices alone, as a relevant part of the causal personal behaviour (eg touching the own face) is subconscious and can therefore not be avoided completely. The identified database serves as a basis for the later model evaluation. The usability of the data sets depends on whether the future model input parameters are documented in the studies.

工作场所行为和有害物质职业性口腔暴露监测数据是建立职业性口腔暴露模型的先决条件:系统回顾和荟萃分析。
对工人接触有害物质的总体情况进行评估是对工人进行全面保护的基础。这包括口服接触有害物质,这可能与总接触有关,具体取决于工作场所和物质。然而,对这种暴露途径进行合理评估的监测和现有建模方法是有限的。职业口腔暴露评估模型的开发需要了解影响机制,包括工人行为和职业卫生实践。此外,职业性口腔暴露的监测数据是评估暴露模型的先决条件。方法:采用PRISMA方法进行系统文献复习。确定了描述口腔职业暴露行为和职业卫生习惯的研究,以及包括用于模型评估的测量数据集的研究。然后提取纳入的数据并在荟萃分析中进行评估。结果:在行为和职业卫生领域确定了142项关于口腔职业暴露的研究。汇总了卫生习惯的频率。对工人培训的影响进行了调查,并定性地描述了个人行为的可控性。对于模型评估,确定了9份出版物,其中包括口腔职业暴露的监测数据。这些出版物使用了5种不同的抽样方法,描述了4种不同的物质群。讨论:对行为和职业卫生的系统文献检索为基于模型的职业性口腔有害物质暴露描述提供了部分定量依据。口腔接触有害物质不能仅仅通过良好的职业卫生习惯来预防,因为因果个人行为的相关部分(例如触摸自己的脸)是潜意识的,因此不能完全避免。确定的数据库将作为后续模型评估的基础。数据集的可用性取决于未来模型输入参数是否在研究中被记录。
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Annals Of Work Exposures and Health
Annals Of Work Exposures and Health Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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期刊介绍: About the Journal Annals of Work Exposures and Health is dedicated to presenting advances in exposure science supporting the recognition, quantification, and control of exposures at work, and epidemiological studies on their effects on human health and well-being. A key question we apply to submission is, "Is this paper going to help readers better understand, quantify, and control conditions at work that adversely or positively affect health and well-being?" We are interested in high quality scientific research addressing: the quantification of work exposures, including chemical, biological, physical, biomechanical, and psychosocial, and the elements of work organization giving rise to such exposures; the relationship between these exposures and the acute and chronic health consequences for those exposed and their families and communities; populations at special risk of work-related exposures including women, under-represented minorities, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups such as temporary, contingent and informal sector workers; the effectiveness of interventions addressing exposure and risk including production technologies, work process engineering, and personal protective systems; policies and management approaches to reduce risk and improve health and well-being among workers, their families or communities; methodologies and mechanisms that underlie the quantification and/or control of exposure and risk. There is heavy pressure on space in the journal, and the above interests mean that we do not usually publish papers that simply report local conditions without generalizable results. We are also unlikely to publish reports on human health and well-being without information on the work exposure characteristics giving rise to the effects. We particularly welcome contributions from scientists based in, or addressing conditions in, developing economies that fall within the above scope.
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