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Development of pragmatic exposure-control concentrations based on packaging regulation risk phrases / R.J. Gardner and P.J. Oldershaw

Sumario: This paper relates United Kindom and other Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) for volatile organic substances to the Risk Phrases (RPs) which they are assigned under EEC Classification Packaging and Labelling Directives. The OELs for organic volatiles assigned RP 20 (harmful by inhalation), RP 23 (toxic ny inhalation) and RP 26 (very toxic by inhalation) fitted better to the cumulative log-normal distribution than to the cumulative normal distribution and the means for RPs 23 and 26 were not significantly different. In the absence of eny relevant specific information, it is suggested that these values may be useful as guidelines for pragmatic exposure-control concentrations (PECCs) for the control of exposure by inhalation in workplaces handling substances labelled with these RPs

En: The Annals of occupational hygiene. - Oxford [etc.]. - nº 1, February 1991 ; p. 51-59

1. Higiene industrial . 2. Contaminantes químicos . 3. Productos tóxicos y peligrosos . 4. Contaminación atmosférica . 5. Sustancias tóxicas y peligrosas . 6. Control de contaminantes . 7. Etiquetado . 8. Inhalación . 9. Normas . 10. Valores TLV . 11. Guías . 12. Riesgo laboral . 13. Gran Bretaña . I. Oldershaw, P.J. . II. Título. III. Título: The Annals of occupational hygiene.