Humans, Inhalation Exposure adverse effects, Occupational Exposure adverse effects, Paper, Risk Assessment, Russia, Workplace standards, Air Pollutants, Occupational adverse effects, Air Pollutants, Occupational analysis, Health Status Indicators, Industry, Inhalation Exposure analysis, Occupational Exposure analysis, Urban Health standards
Abstract
There was made the characterization of the health risk for workers' of pulp and paper industry, under the simultaneous effects of chemicals in the residential and working area. The main adverse effect of chemicals that pollute the air and work environment is related with the impact on the respiratory system. Under the successive exposure (ambient air--air in the workplace) in the adult population working at the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill, the risk of occurrence of respiratory diseases (HI = 18.5) and individual carcinogenic risk (CR = 9.7 x 10(-3)) have been rated as high and constitute 86-99% of the total risk.
Published
2014
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