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dc.contributor.authorEl-Zaemey, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorGlass, D.
dc.contributor.authorFritschi, Lin
dc.contributor.authorDarcey, E.
dc.contributor.authorCarey, Renee
dc.contributor.authorDriscoll, T.
dc.contributor.authorAbramson, M.
dc.contributor.authorSi, Si
dc.contributor.authorBenke, G.
dc.contributor.authorReid, Alison
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-08T04:43:52Z
dc.date.available2018-08-08T04:43:52Z
dc.date.created2018-08-08T03:50:50Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationEl-Zaemey, S. and Glass, D. and Fritschi, L. and Darcey, E. and Carey, R. and Driscoll, T. and Abramson, M. et al. 2018. Isocyanates in Australia: Current exposure to an old hazard. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 15 (7): pp. 527-530.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70212
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/15459624.2018.1461221
dc.description.abstract

Exposure to isocyanates has consistently been reported as the most common cause of occupational asthma. The objectives of this study were to assess how many Australian workers are currently exposed to isocyanates, identify the occupations with highest proportion of exposed workers and identify the main circumstances of exposures. Data comes from the Australian Workplace Exposure Study-Asthma, a national telephone survey which explored the prevalence of current occupational exposure to 227 asthmagens, grouped into 27 groups, among current Australian workers aged 18–65 years. A web-based tool, OccIDEAS, was used to collect job task information and to assign exposure to asthmagens, including isocyanates. Of the 4,878 eligible participants, 2.5% of them were deemed to be probably exposed to isocyanates at work in their current job (extrapolated to 3.0% of the Australian working population). The majority of those exposed were males (90.8%). The most common tasks undertaken that led to these exposures were using expanding foam fillers/sprays and isocyanate and/or polyurethane paints. Exposure occurred mainly among construction workers, wood workers, and painters or printers. This study investigating occupational exposure to isocyanates in a national working population provides information that can be used to inform the direction of occupational interventions and policies to decrease occupational asthma.

dc.titleIsocyanates in Australia: Current exposure to an old hazard
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume15
dcterms.source.number7
dcterms.source.startPage527
dcterms.source.endPage530
dcterms.source.issn1545-9624
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
curtin.note

This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene on 5/04/2018 available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/15459624.2018.1461221

curtin.departmentSchool of Public Health
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.contributor.orcidEl-Zaemey, Sonia [0000-0003-4312-070X]


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