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Annals of Occupational Hygiene Advance Access originally published online on October 30, 2009
Annals of Occupational Hygiene 2009 53(8):775-777; doi:10.1093/annhyg/mep072
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Occupational Hygiene Society

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Proposed British–Dutch Guidance on Measuring Compliance with Occupational Exposure Limits

T. L. Ogden*

Co-chair for British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS), BOHS–NVvA Working Party on Compliance Testing, Melbourne Court, Millennium Way, Derby DE24 8LZ, UK

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +44-1332-298101; fax: +44-1332-298099; e-mail: editor@ogs.org.uk

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Occupational exposure limits (OELs) for hazardous substances are usually defined as exposures averaged over 8 h or 15 min which must not be exceeded. In the European Union (EU), examples are the limits in the Chemical Agents Directive (EU, 1998) and the Carcinogens Directive (EU, 2004). But if we define the limits as exposures which must never be exceeded, we disregard the complex patterns of real exposure. It is common experience that exposure distributions often include results which are several times the median value, not because of a failure of control but because there is a statistical chance that the many factors which determine exposure combine in a way which produces an outlying result. Do these outliers constitute non-compliance or . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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