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Table 4 Exposure indices according to the workshop

From: A case study on co-exposure to a mixture of organic solvents in a Tunisian adhesive-producing company

Type of workshop

Personal exposures

Environmental samplings

 

Index of exposure

Index of pollution

 

N

range

average

N

average

Solvented adhesive workshop

4

4.09 - 20.1 3

8.40

-

-

Non-solvented workshops (natural adhesive, vinyl adhesive, latex adhesive)

-

-

-

3

0.01£

Analysis laboratory

1

-

3.12

1

1.49

Finished products store

-

-

-

1

1.70

 

Total = 5

  

Total = 5

 
  1. Personal exposure: Index of exposure (I.exp)/Environmental sampling: Index of pollution (I.pol)
  2. I.exp = C1/TLV1 + C2/TLV2 + ...................... + Cn/TLVn
  3. Cn and TLVn being respectively the measured concentration and the limit value of pollutant n. £ all three index values were 0.01.
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Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

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