Commentary: variability in workplace exposures and the design of efficient measurement and control strategies
January 2003
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Kromhout et al.'s (1993) well-cited publication presented detailed information on statistical procedures to estimate the magnitude of exposure variability within and between workers, drawing from a large database on chemical exposures throughout industry. It convincingly demonstrated that the construct of homogeneous exposure groups often does not hold true and suggested ways to improve measurement strategies. The authors hit a rich vein of research, and many publications, not at least by the authors themselves, followed in the decade after publication. In recent years the principles of estimating the variation in exposure have been applied in new methods for optimization of sampling strategies, for compliance testing, for quantifying exposures in epidemiologic studies, and for identifying important sources of emissions and suggesting strategies for controlling exposures. Many occupational hygienists across the globe have adopted these new methods as powerful tools in their exposure assessment strategies.
- Humans
- Netherlands
- History, 20th Century
- Great Britain
- Air Pollutants, Occupational/history
- Chemical Industry/history
- Food-Processing Industry/history
- Metallurgy/history
- Occupational Exposure/history
- Occupational Health/*history
- exposure
- ann occup hyg
- group
- variability
- strategy
- worker
- exposure variability
- measurement
- occup
- kromhout
- assessment
- study
- rappaport
- variance
- workplace
- sampling
- exposure measurements
- exposure groups
- exposure assessment strategies
- between-worker
