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Ann. occup. Hyg., Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 377-378, 2004
© 2004 British Occupational Hygiene Society
Published by Oxford University Press

Letters to the Editor

Dermal Exposure Risk Assessment

CHRIS PACKHAM

Enviroderm Services 2 Amery Lodge Farm North Littleton Evesham WR11 8QTY UK

Received 28 October 2003; published online on 20 May 2004

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Garrod and Rajan-Sithamparanadarajah (2003) describe the approach taken for dermal exposure assessment by COSHH Essentials.

While this a welcome first step, I suggest that the dermal exposure approach that is described needs to be regarded with some caution.

It appears that the dermal exposure approach relies to a large extent on the hazard data of substances in use on the R-phrases applied for skin exposure (see Table 6 in the paper). Unfortunately, there . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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