| Autor: |
Modenese A; Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy. alberto.modenese@unimore.it., Ruggieri FP; Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy., Bisegna F; Department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering, University of Rome 'Sapienza', 00185 Rome, Italy., Borra M; Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL-DiMEILA), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy., Burattini C; Department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering, University of Rome 'Sapienza', 00185 Rome, Italy., Della Vecchia E; Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy., Grandi C; Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL-DiMEILA), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy., Grasso A; Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy., Gugliermetti L; Department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering, University of Rome 'Sapienza', 00185 Rome, Italy., Manini M; Studio Manini, Workers' Health Surveillance Service, 47841 Cattolica, Italy., Militello A; Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL-DiMEILA), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy., Gobba F; Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy. |
| Abstrakt: |
Occupational solar radiation exposure is a relevant heath risk in the fishing sector. Our aim was to provide a detailed evaluation of individual UV exposure in three different fishing activities in Italy, with personal UV dosimeters and a simple formula to calculate the fraction of ambient erythemal UV dose received by the workers. The potential individual UV exposure of the fishermen was between 65 and 542 Joules/m 2 . The percentages of the ambient exposure were estimated between 2.5% and 65.3%. Workers' UV exposure was mainly influenced by the characteristics of the work activity, the postures adopted, and the type of boats. Overall, our data showed that 43% of the daily measurements could result largely above the occupational limits of 1-1.3 standard erythemal dose (i.e., 100 Joules/m 2 ) per day, in case of exposure of uncovered skin areas. Measurements of individual UV exposure are important not only to assess the risk but also to increase workers' perception and stimulate the adoption of preventive measures to reduce solar UV risk. Furthermore, the simple method proposed, linking ambient erythemal UV dose to the workers' exposure, can be a promising tool for a reliable assessment of the UV risk, as time series of environmental UV dose are widely available. |
