Occupational Exposure to Solar UV Radiation of a Group of Fishermen Working in the Italian North Adriatic Sea
| Autor: | A. Militello, Carlo Grandi, Luca Gugliermetti, Elena Della Vecchia, Fabio Bisegna, Fabriziomaria Gobba, Marco Manini, Chiara Burattini, Anna Grasso, Alberto Modenese, Francesco Pio Ruggieri, M. Borra |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
exposure assessment
occupational safety and health Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis lcsh:Medicine skin cancer prevention 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 0302 clinical medicine Solar radiation Personal dosimetry Workers health Ultraviolet radiation personal dosimetry Occupational exposure Occupational safety and health Italy Sunlight Work activity ultraviolet radiation Ultraviolet Rays solar radiation Oceans and Seas Fishermen Exposure assessment Risk evaluation Skin cancer prevention Article 03 medical and health sciences Environmental health Humans 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Dosimeter Radiation Dosimeters lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health occupational exposure Radiation exposure workers health fishermen Erythema Skin Cancer Prevention Environmental science risk evaluation |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 16, p 3001 (2019) Volume 16 Issue 16 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | 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/m2. The percentages of the ambient exposure were estimated between 2.5% and 65.3%. Workers&rsquo 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&ndash 1.3 standard erythemal dose (i.e., 100 Joules/m2) 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&rsquo 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&rsquo exposure, can be a promising tool for a reliable assessment of the UV risk, as time series of environmental UV dose are widely available. |
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