Risk assessment in academic laboratories in the west of Iran: compare the CHRA and the RSLs methods
| Autor: | Mohammad Javad Assari, Maryam Farokhzad, Farzaneh Mollabahrami, Fakhradin Ghasemi, Elnaz Taheri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Health risk assessment
business.industry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine 010501 environmental sciences Iran 01 natural sciences Pollution Risk Assessment Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Adverse health effect Environmental health Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Occupational exposure Health risk business Risk assessment Laboratories Occupational Health 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | International journal of environmental health research. 30(2) |
| ISSN: | 1369-1619 |
| Popis: | In the laboratories staffs, there is potential for adverse health effects in exposure to chemicals. Therefore, risk assessment is one of the main issues to prevent these effects. The purpose of this study was to assess the health risk of laboratory staffs and compare the two methods, including 'Chemical Health Risk Assessment' (CHRA) and 'Regional Screening Levels' (RSLs), that developed by the Department of Occupational Safety and Health of Malaysia and the Environmental Protection Agency respectively. Using these two methods, the places with the highest risk were identified. Comparisons showed that RSLs is a precise method without personal judgment. The CHRA is a simple method for wider chemicals that categorize risk. But CHRA includes fewer parameters compared to RSLs, as well as personal judgment. The results of the present study showed that two methods did not compatible. According to the characteristics of these two methods, it is recommended to use them as a compliment each other to obtain accurate results. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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