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Occupational exposure limits based on biological monitoring: the Japan Society for Occupational Health

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The Japan Society for Occupational Health started to recommend an occupational exposure limit based on biological monitoring (OEL-B) in 1993. Up to 1998, OEL-Bs for mercury, lead, hexane and 3,3′-dichloro-4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane had been adopted and those for 17 chemical substances (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel, acetone, methanol, benzene, toluene, xylene, styrene, tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, N,N-dimethylacetoamide, N,N-dimethylformamide,carbon disulfide, carbon monoxide, and organophospate insecticides) are in preparation.

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  1. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan e-mail: omae@med.keio.ac.jp Tel.: +81-3-3353-1211 ext 2651; Fax: +81-3-3358-0614, , , , , , JP

    K. Omae & T. Takebayashi

  2. National Institute of Industrial Health, Tokyo, Japan, , , , , , JP

    H. Sakurai

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Received: 13 January 1999 / Accepted: 16 January 1999

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Omae, K., Takebayashi, T. & Sakurai, H. Occupational exposure limits based on biological monitoring: the Japan Society for Occupational Health. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 72, 271–273 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004200050372

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