How safe is control banding? integrated evaluation by comparing OELs with measurement data and using monte carlo simulation

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 449-462

  Tischer, Martin ^a   Bredendiek KÄmper, Susanne ^a   Poppek, Ulrich ^a   Packroff, Rolf ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compliance; Control banding; Measurement data; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

CLOSED SYSTEMS; COMPLIANCE; CONTROL APPROACH; CONTROL BANDING; CONTROL SCHEMES; DATA SETS; EXPOSURE DATA; EXPOSURE LEVEL; EXPOSURE POTENTIAL; FIELD STUDIES; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; FURNITURE PRODUCTION; GENERIC SIMULATION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HETEROGENEOUS DATA; INPUT DATAS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTEGRATED EVALUATION; LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION; MEASUREMENT DATA; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMIT; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; PROTECTION LEVEL; SCREEN-PRINTING; SIMULATION RESULT; VOLATILE LIQUIDS; WORKPLACE CONDITIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; CONTEXT SENSITIVE GRAMMARS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION; HAZARDS; LITHOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRINTING; PROPANE; SIMULATORS; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

2 PROPANOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; FURNITURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 68149117387     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep037     Document Type: Article

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