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2. Effect of dust exposure and nitrogen oxides on lung function parameters of German coalminers: a longitudinal study applying GEE regression 1974–1998
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Morfeld, P., Noll, B., Büchte, S. F., Derwall, R., Schenk, V., Bicker, H. J., Lenaerts, H., Schrader, N., and Dahmann, D.
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- 2010
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3. Retrospective exposure assessment for respirable and inhalable dust, crystalline silica and arsenic in the former German uranium mines of SAG/SDAG Wismut
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Dahmann, D., Bauer, H.-D., and Stoyke, G.
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- 2008
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4. Sampling and analysis of carbon in diesel exhaust particulates – an international comparison
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Hebisch, R., Dabill, D., Dahmann, D., Diebold, F., Geiregat, N., Grosjean, R., Mattenklott, M., Perret, V., and Guillemin, M.
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- 2003
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5. Further round-robin tests to improve the comparability between laboratories of the measurement of carbon in diesel soot and in environmental samples
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Guillemin, M., Perret, V., Dabill, D., Grosjean, R., Dahmann, D., and Hebisch, R.
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- 2001
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6. International round robin tests on the measurement of carbon in diesel exhaust particulates
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Guillemin, M., Cachier, H., Chini, C., Dabill, D., Dahmann, D., Diebold, F., Fischer, A., Fricke, H.-H., Groves, J. A., Hebisch, R., Houpillart, M., Israël, G., Mattenklott, M., Moldenhauer, W., Sandino, J. P., Schlums, C., Sutter, E., and Tucek, E.
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- 1997
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7. Die neue TRGS 554 „Abgase von Dieselmotoren“ – Hinweise zur Anwendung/The new TRGS 554 “Exhausts of diesel engines” – Advice for its application
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Neumann, W., primary, Dahmann, D., additional, Ehrhard, T., additional, Flemming, B., additional, Hebisch, R., additional, Nies, E., additional, Rühl, R., additional, Spod, U., additional, Ziegler, C., additional, and Zikoridse, G., additional
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- 2019
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8. Nitrogen oxides in German potash and hard coal mining, exposure assessment within two epidemiological studies.
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Dahmann D., 35th international conference of safety in mines research institutes London, UK 15-Oct-1317-Oct-13, Dahmann D., and 35th international conference of safety in mines research institutes London, UK 15-Oct-1317-Oct-13
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The results are presented of a nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide shift-exposure assessment in 1994-1995 and 2000 in different types of workplaces in a German potash mine, in 1999 and 2003 in a second German potash mine and, in 2007, in two German coal mines. Personal sampling instruments and stationary devices were employed to determine the concentrations of the nitrogen oxides. Several hundred shift measurements were performed in the potash mines and a much smaller number in the coal mines. Maximum short-term (15 min) average concentration data are given for NO and NO2 in the two potash mines., The results are presented of a nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide shift-exposure assessment in 1994-1995 and 2000 in different types of workplaces in a German potash mine, in 1999 and 2003 in a second German potash mine and, in 2007, in two German coal mines. Personal sampling instruments and stationary devices were employed to determine the concentrations of the nitrogen oxides. Several hundred shift measurements were performed in the potash mines and a much smaller number in the coal mines. Maximum short-term (15 min) average concentration data are given for NO and NO2 in the two potash mines.
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- 2013
9. Development of an exposure measurement database on five lung carcinogens (ExpoSYN) for quantitative retrospective occupational exposure assessment
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Risk Assessment of Toxic and Immunomodulatory Agents, Dep IRAS, Peters, S., Vermeulen, R., Olsson, A., van Gelder, R., Kendzia, B., Vincent, R., Savary, B., Williams, N., Woldbæk, T., Lavoué, J., Cavallo, D., Cattaneo, A., Mirabelli, D., Plato, N., Dahmann, D., Fevotte, J., Pesch, B., Brüning, T., Straif, K., Kromhout, H., Risk Assessment of Toxic and Immunomodulatory Agents, Dep IRAS, Peters, S., Vermeulen, R., Olsson, A., van Gelder, R., Kendzia, B., Vincent, R., Savary, B., Williams, N., Woldbæk, T., Lavoué, J., Cavallo, D., Cattaneo, A., Mirabelli, D., Plato, N., Dahmann, D., Fevotte, J., Pesch, B., Brüning, T., Straif, K., and Kromhout, H.
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- 2012
10. Validation of online sensors for monitoring occupational exposures from diesel engines
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Dahmann, D., Mosimann, T., and Matter, U.
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- 2000
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11. S3-Leitlinie Gesundheitsüberwachung bei Beryllium-Exposition und diagnostisches Vorgehen bei berylliumassoziierter Erkrankung
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Euler, U., additional, Dahmann, D., additional, Follmann, M., additional, Gaede, K., additional, Gäßler, A., additional, Groneberg, D., additional, Heger, M., additional, Krutz, K., additional, Latza, U., additional, Lelgemann, M., additional, Letzel, S., additional, Merget, R., additional, Müller-Quernheim, J., additional, Nauert, T., additional, and Seidler, A., additional
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- 2013
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12. Lackaerosole [Air Monitoring Methods in German language, 2003b]
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Dahmann, D., primary, Fricke, H.-H., additional, and Möcklinghoff, K., additional
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- 2012
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13. Diesel particulate matter [Air Monitoring Methods, 2007a]
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Bauer, H.-D., primary, Dahmann, D., additional, Fricke, H.-H., additional, Hebisch, R., additional, Lehmann, E., additional, and Rentel, K.-H., additional
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- 2012
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14. Lacquer aerosols [Air Monitoring Methods, 2003c]
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Dahmann, D., primary, Fricke, H.-H., additional, and Möcklinghoff, K., additional
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- 2012
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15. Dieselmotoremissionen [Air Monitoring Methods in German language, 2006a]
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Bauer, H.‐D., primary, Dahmann, D., additional, Fricke, H.‐H., additional, Hebisch, R., additional, Lehmann, E., additional, and Rentel, K.‐H., additional
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- 2012
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16. Exposure-response relation for occupational exposure to respirable quartz and lung cancer risk: performance of a quantitative vs a semi-quantitative job-exposure matrix
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Peters, S., primary, Vermeulen, R., additional, Portengen, L., additional, Olsson, A., additional, Wichmann, H.-E., additional, Bruske, I., additional, Consonni, D., additional, Cattaneo, A., additional, Bertazzi, P. A., additional, Siemiatycki, J., additional, Richiardi, L., additional, Mirabelli, D., additional, Simonato, L., additional, Gustavsson, P., additional, Jockel, K.-H., additional, Ahrens, W., additional, Pohlabeln, H., additional, Boffetta, P., additional, Brennan, P., additional, Forastiere, F., additional, Stucker, I., additional, Benhamou, S., additional, Bueno-de-Mesquita, B., additional, Plato, N., additional, Lavoue, J., additional, Dahmann, D., additional, Fevotte, J., additional, Kendzia, B., additional, Vincent, R., additional, Savary, B., additional, Cavallo, D., additional, Pesch, B., additional, Bruning, T., additional, Straif, K., additional, and Kromhout, H., additional
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- 2011
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17. Quantitative occupational exposure assessment in community-based studies: the SYNERGY experience
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Peters, S., primary, Vermeulen, R., additional, Olsson, A., additional, Van Gelder, R., additional, Kendzia, B., additional, Vincent, R., additional, Savary, B., additional, Williams, N., additional, Woldbaek, T., additional, Lavoue, J., additional, Cavallo, D., additional, Cattaneo, A., additional, Mirabelli, D., additional, Plato, N., additional, Dahmann, D., additional, Fevotte, J., additional, Pesch, B., additional, Bruning, T., additional, Straif, K., additional, and Kromhout, H., additional
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- 2011
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18. Modelling of occupational respirable quartz exposure for quantitative exposure assessment in multinational community-based case-control studies
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Peters, S., primary, Vermeulen, R., additional, Portengen, L., additional, Olsson, A., additional, Kendzia, B., additional, Vincent, R., additional, Savary, B., additional, Williams, N., additional, Woldbaek, T., additional, Lavoue, J., additional, Cavallo, D., additional, Cattaneo, A., additional, Mirabelli, D., additional, Plato, N., additional, Dahmann, D., additional, Fevotte, J., additional, Pesch, B., additional, Bruning, T., additional, Straif, K., additional, and Kromhout, H., additional
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- 2011
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19. Development of an exposure measurement database on five lung carcinogens (ExpoSYN) for quantitative retrospective occupational exposure assessment
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Peters, S., Vermeulen, R., Olsson, A., van Gelder, R., Kendzia, B., Vincent, R., Savary, B., Williams, N., Woldbæk, T., Lavoué, J., Cavallo, D., Cattaneo, A., Mirabelli, D., Plato, N., Dahmann, D., Fevotte, J., Pesch, B., Brüning, T., Straif, K., Kromhout, H., Risk Assessment of Toxic and Immunomodulatory Agents, Dep IRAS, Risk Assessment of Toxic and Immunomodulatory Agents, and Dep IRAS
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Chromium ,Canada ,Lung Neoplasms ,Databases, Factual ,Air Pollutants, Occupational ,computer.software_genre ,medicine.disease_cause ,Asbestos ,Nickel ,Occupational Exposure ,medicine ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,Humans ,European union ,Exposure measurement ,Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ,Lung cancer ,Carcinogen ,media_common ,Exposure assessment ,Retrospective Studies ,Database ,business.industry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Retrospective cohort study ,General Medicine ,Quartz ,medicine.disease ,Europe ,Carcinogens ,Feasibility Studies ,Occupational exposure ,business ,computer ,Environmental Monitoring - Abstract
BACKGROUND SYNERGY is a large pooled analysis of case-control studies on the joint effects of occupational carcinogens and smoking in the development of lung cancer. A quantitative job-exposure matrix (JEM) will be developed to assign exposures to five major lung carcinogens [asbestos, chromium, nickel, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and respirable crystalline silica (RCS)]. We assembled an exposure database, called ExpoSYN, to enable such a quantitative exposure assessment. METHODS Existing exposure databases were identified and European and Canadian research institutes were approached to identify pertinent exposure measurement data. Results of individual air measurements were entered anonymized according to a standardized protocol. RESULTS The ExpoSYN database currently includes 356 551 measurements from 19 countries. In total, 140 666 personal and 215 885 stationary data points were available. Measurements were distributed over the five agents as follows: RCS (42%), asbestos (20%), chromium (16%), nickel (15%), and PAH (7%). The measurement data cover the time period from 1951 to present. However, only a small portion of measurements (1.4%) were performed prior to 1975. The major contributing countries for personal measurements were Germany (32%), UK (22%), France (14%), and Norway and Canada (both 11%). CONCLUSIONS ExpoSYN is a unique occupational exposure database with measurements from 18 European countries and Canada covering a time period of >50 years. This database will be used to develop a country-, job-, and time period-specific quantitative JEM. This JEM will enable data-driven quantitative exposure assessment in a multinational pooled analysis of community-based lung cancer case-control studies.
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- 2012
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20. Exposure to dust and particle-associated 1-nitropyrene of drivers of diesel-powered equipment in underground mining.
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Scheepers, P.T.J., Micka, V., Muzyka, V., Anzion, R.B.M., Dahmann, D., Poole, J., Bos, R.P., Scheepers, P.T.J., Micka, V., Muzyka, V., Anzion, R.B.M., Dahmann, D., Poole, J., and Bos, R.P.
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Item does not contain fulltext, A field study was conducted in two mines in order to determine the most suitable strategy for ambient exposure assessment in the framework of a European study aimed at validation of biological monitoring approaches for diesel exhaust (BIOMODEM). Exposure to dust and particle-associated 1-nitropyrene (1-NP) was studied in 20 miners of black coal by the long wall method (Czech Republic) and in 20 workers in oil shale mining by the room and pillar method (Estonia). The study in the oil shale mine was extended to include 100 workers in a second phase (main study). In each mine half of the study population worked underground as drivers of diesel-powered trains (black coal) and excavators (oil shale). The other half consisted of workers occupied in various non-diesel production assignments. Exposure to diesel exhaust was studied by measurement of inhalable and respirable dust at fixed locations and by personal air sampling of respirable dust. The ratio of geometric mean inhalable to respirable dust concentration was approximately two to one. The underground/surface ratio of respirable dust concentrations measured at fixed locations and in the breathing zones of the workers was 2-fold or greater. Respirable dust was 2- to 3-fold higher in the breathing zone than at fixed sampling locations. The 1-NP content in these dust fractions was determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry and ranged from 0.003 to 42.2 ng/m(3) in the breathing zones of the workers. In mine dust no 1-NP was detected. In both mines 1-NP was observed to be primarily associated with respirable particles. The 1-NP concentrations were also higher underground than on the surface (2- to 3-fold in the coal mine and 10-fold or more in the oil shale mine). Concentrations of 1-NP in the breathing zones were also higher than at fixed sites (2.5-fold in the coal mine and 10-fold in the oil shale mine). For individual exposure assessment personal air sampling is preferred over air sampling a
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- 2003
21. BIOMarkers for occupational diesel exhaust exposure monitoring (BIOMODEM)--a study in underground mining.
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Scheepers, P.T.J., Coggon, D., Knudsen, L.E., Anzion, R.B.M., Autrup, H., Bogovski, S., Bos, R.P., Dahmann, D., Farmer, P., Martin, E.A., Micka, V., Muzyka, V., Neumann, H.G., Poole, J., Schmidt-Ott, A., Seiler, F., Volf, J., Zwirner-Baier, I., Scheepers, P.T.J., Coggon, D., Knudsen, L.E., Anzion, R.B.M., Autrup, H., Bogovski, S., Bos, R.P., Dahmann, D., Farmer, P., Martin, E.A., Micka, V., Muzyka, V., Neumann, H.G., Poole, J., Schmidt-Ott, A., Seiler, F., Volf, J., and Zwirner-Baier, I.
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Item does not contain fulltext, Methods for the assessment of exposures to diesel exhaust were evaluated, including various biomarkers of internal exposure and early biological effects. The impact of possible biomarkers of susceptibility was also explored. Underground workers (drivers of diesel-powered excavators) at an oil shale mine in Estonia were compared with surface workers. Personal exposures to particle-associated 1-nitropyrene (NP) were some eight times higher underground than on the surface. Underground miners were also occupationally exposed to benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, as indicated by excretion of urinary metabolites of benzene and pyrene. In addition, increased O(6)-alkylguanine DNA adducts were detected in the white blood cells of underground workers, suggesting higher exposure to nitroso-compounds. However, no differences between underground and surface workers were observed in the levels of other bulky DNA adducts determined by 32P-postlabelling, or in DNA damage. The study indicated that smoking, diet and residential indoor air pollution are important non-occupational factors to consider when interpreting biomonitoring results.
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- 2002
22. BIOMarkers for occupational diesel exhaust exposure monitoring (BIOMODEM)--a study in underground mining
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Scheepers, P T J, Coggon, D, Knudsen, Lisbeth E., Anzion, R, Autrup, H, Bogovski, S, Bos, R P, Dahmann, D, Farmer, P, Martin, E A, Micka, V, Muzyka, V, Neumann, H G, Poole, J, Schmidt-Ott, A, Seiler, F, Volf, J, Zwirner-Baier, I, Scheepers, P T J, Coggon, D, Knudsen, Lisbeth E., Anzion, R, Autrup, H, Bogovski, S, Bos, R P, Dahmann, D, Farmer, P, Martin, E A, Micka, V, Muzyka, V, Neumann, H G, Poole, J, Schmidt-Ott, A, Seiler, F, Volf, J, and Zwirner-Baier, I
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Udgivelsesdato: 2002-Aug-5, Methods for the assessment of exposures to diesel exhaust were evaluated, including various biomarkers of internal exposure and early biological effects. The impact of possible biomarkers of susceptibility was also explored. Underground workers (drivers of diesel-powered excavators) at an oil shale mine in Estonia were compared with surface workers. Personal exposures to particle-associated 1-nitropyrene (NP) were some eight times higher underground than on the surface. Underground miners were also occupationally exposed to benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, as indicated by excretion of urinary metabolites of benzene and pyrene. In addition, increased O(6)-alkylguanine DNA adducts were detected in the white blood cells of underground workers, suggesting higher exposure to nitroso-compounds. However, no differences between underground and surface workers were observed in the levels of other bulky DNA adducts determined by 32P-postlabelling, or in DNA damage. The study indicated that smoking, diet and residential indoor air pollution are important non-occupational factors to consider when interpreting biomonitoring results.
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- 2002
23. Effect of dust exposure and nitrogen oxides on lung function parameters of German coalminers: a longitudinal study applying GEE regression 1974–1998
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Morfeld, P., primary, Noll, B., additional, Büchte, S. F., additional, Derwall, R., additional, Schenk, V., additional, Bicker, H. J., additional, Lenaerts, H., additional, Schrader, N., additional, and Dahmann, D., additional
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- 2009
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24. Retrospective exposure assessment for respirable and inhalable dust, crystalline silica and arsenic in the former German uranium mines of SAG/SDAG Wismut
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Dahmann, D., primary, Bauer, H.-D., additional, and Stoyke, G., additional
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- 2007
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25. Exposure assessment in community-based studies mini-symposium
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McCanlies, E. C., primary, Fekedulegn, D., additional, Charles, L., additional, Sanderson, W., additional, Croen, L., additional, Hertz-Picciotta, I., additional, Pesch, B., additional, Gross, I., additional, Weiss, T., additional, Gebel, M., additional, Van Gelder, R., additional, Dahmann, D., additional, Bruening, T., additional, Vermeulen, R., additional, Portengen, L., additional, Coble, J., additional, Kromhout, H., additional, Lillienberg, L., additional, Zock, J-P., additional, Fritschi, L., additional, Sadkowsky, T., additional, Friesen, M., additional, Girschik, J., additional, Glass, D., additional, and Benke, G., additional
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- 2007
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26. BIOMarkers for Occupational Diesel exhaust Exposure Monitoring (BIOMODEM)—a study in underground mining
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Scheepers, P.T.J, primary, Coggon, D, additional, Knudsen, L.E, additional, Anzion, R, additional, Autrup, H, additional, Bogovski, S, additional, Bos, R.P, additional, Dahmann, D, additional, Farmer, P, additional, Martin, E.A, additional, Micka, V, additional, Muzyka, V, additional, Neumann, H.G, additional, Poole, J, additional, Schmidt-Ott, A, additional, Seiler, F, additional, Volf, J, additional, and Zwirner-Baier, I, additional
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- 2002
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27. Neuer Dokumentationsbogen f�r Untersuchungen nach G1.
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Hagemeyer, O., Mannes, E., Koppisch, D., Otten, H., and Dahmann, D.
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- 2004
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28. A Novel Test Stand for the Generation of Diesel Particulate Matter.
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Dahmann, D.
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DIESEL motor exhaust gas ,PARTICULATE matter ,DIESEL motors ,CARCINOGENS ,CANCER research ,SOCIETIES - Abstract
The article presents a study on novel tests for diesel particulate matter (DPM) use in a wide variety of diesel engines. It notes the International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC) which classified DPM including as carcinogenic where discussions on DPM exposure health hazards started in 1990. It mentions that several problems caused by DPM have not solved yet due to few quantitative exposure data. It also states that cancerogenic effect of DPM still under discussions by medical experts.
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- 1997
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29. Airborne in-situ investigations of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash plume on Iceland and over north-western Germany with light aircrafts and optical particle counters
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Weber, Klaus, Eliasson, J., Vogel, A., Fischer, C., Pohl, T., Haren, G. van, Meier, M., Grobéty, Bernard, Dahmann, D., Weber, Klaus, Eliasson, J., Vogel, A., Fischer, C., Pohl, T., Haren, G. van, Meier, M., Grobéty, Bernard, and Dahmann, D.
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During the time period of the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in April/May 2010 the Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences has performed 14 research flights in situations with and without the volcanic ash plume over Germany. In parallel to the research flights in Germany three measurement flights have been performed by the University of Iceland in May 2010 over the western part of Iceland. During two of these flights the outskirts of the eruption plume were entered directly, delivering most direct measurements within the eruption plume during this eruptive event. For all the measurement flights reported here, light durable piston-motor driven aircrafts were used, which were equipped with optical particle counters for in-situ measurements. Real-time monitoring of the particle concentrations was possible during the flights. As different types of optical particle counters have been used in Iceland and Germany, the optical particle counters have been re-calibrated after the flights to the same standard using gravimetric reference methods and original Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash samples. In-situ measurement results with high spatial resolution, directly from the eruption plume in Iceland as well as from the dispersed and several days old plume over Germany, are therefore presented here for the first time. They are normalized to the same ash concentration calibration standard. Moreover, airborne particles could be sampled directly out of the eruption plume in Iceland as well as during the flights over Germany. During the research flights over Iceland from 9 May 2011 to 11 May 2011 the ash emitted from the vent of the volcano turned out to be concentrated in a narrow well-defined plume of about 10 km width at a distance of 45–60 km away from the vent. Outside this plume the airborne ash concentrations could be proved to be below 50 μg m−3 over western Iceland. However, by entering the outskirts of the plume directly the research aircraft could dete
30. Intercomparison of three analytical Methods for Elemental Carbon in Filter Samples from Doesel Engine Exhaust and a Test Aerosol Generator
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Wallén, Anna, Lidén, Göran, Fricke, H-H, Dahmann, D, Wallén, Anna, Lidén, Göran, Fricke, H-H, and Dahmann, D
31. Blasting fumes in underground mines.
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Dahmann D. and Dahmann D.
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Blast fumes are a major health hazard for underground miners. High concentrations of nitrogen oxides, especially nitrogen dioxide, may be present in underground air. As part of the preparation for a comprehensive campaign to measure blast fumes, the currently available direct-reading techniques for analysing the relevant gases were evaluated extensively. The four methods are chemoluminescence, electrochemical cell testing, tube testing and the modified Salzmann process. Electrochemical cells were selected and measurements of NO, NO2, CO and CO2 made in a German potash mine. The results are presented and a newly developed model for evaluating short-term exposure is introduced., Blast fumes are a major health hazard for underground miners. High concentrations of nitrogen oxides, especially nitrogen dioxide, may be present in underground air. As part of the preparation for a comprehensive campaign to measure blast fumes, the currently available direct-reading techniques for analysing the relevant gases were evaluated extensively. The four methods are chemoluminescence, electrochemical cell testing, tube testing and the modified Salzmann process. Electrochemical cells were selected and measurements of NO, NO2, CO and CO2 made in a German potash mine. The results are presented and a newly developed model for evaluating short-term exposure is introduced.
32. ChemInform Abstract: THE REACTION OF CHLORO(1,2-PHENYLENEDIOXY) PHOSPHANE WITH TRIMETHYLSILYLAZIDE
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DAHMANN, D., primary and ROSE, H., additional
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- 1976
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33. ChemInform Abstract: PREPARATION AND STRUCTURE OF PHOSPHAZENYLCYCLOPHOSPHAZENES
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DAHMANN, D., primary, ROSE, H., additional, and WALZ, W., additional
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- 1980
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34. ChemInform Abstract: Phosphazenylcyclophosphazene Syntheses Using Silylmonophosphazenes.
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DAHMANN, D., primary, ROSE, H., additional, and SHAW, R. A., additional
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35. On the Relationship between Exposure to Particles and Dustiness during Handling of Powders in Industrial Settings.
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Ribalta C, Viana M, López-Lilao A, Estupiñá S, Minguillón MC, Mendoza J, Díaz J, Dahmann D, and Monfort E
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- Air Pollutants, Occupational analysis, Environmental Monitoring methods, Humans, Nanoparticles analysis, Particle Size, Quartz analysis, Silicon Dioxide analysis, Air Pollutants, Occupational adverse effects, Dust analysis, Industry, Inhalation Exposure analysis, Occupational Exposure analysis, Powders analysis
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Exposure to ceramic powders, which is frequent during handling operations, is known to cause adverse health effects. Finding proxy parameters to quantify exposure is useful for efficient and timely exposure assessments. Worker exposure during handling of five materials [a silica sand (SI1), three quartzes (Q1, Q2, and Q3), and a kaolin (K1)] with different particle shape (prismatic and platy) and sizes (3.4-120 µm) was assessed. Materials handling was simulated using a dry pendular mill under two different energy settings (low and high). Three repetitions of two kilos of material were carried out per material and energy conditions with a flow rate of 8-11 kg h-1. The performance of the dustiness index as a predictor of worker exposure was evaluated correlating material's dustiness indexes (with rotating drum and continuous drop) with exposure concentrations. Significant impacts on worker exposure in terms of inhalable and respirable mass fractions were detected for all materials. Mean inhalable mass concentrations during background were always lower than 40 µg m-3 whereas during material handling under high energy settings mean concentrations were 187, 373, 243, 156, and 430 µg m-3 for SI1, Q1, Q2, Q3, and K1, respectively. Impacts were not significant with regard to particle number concentration: background particle number concentrations ranged between 10 620 and 46 421 cm-3 while during handling under high energy settings they were 20 880 - 40 498 cm-3. Mean lung deposited surface area during background ranged between 27 and 101 μm2 cm-3 whereas it ranged between 22 and 42 μm2 cm-3 during materials handling. TEM images evidenced the presence of nanoparticles (≤100 nm) in the form of aggregates (300 nm-1 µm) in the worker area, and a slight reduction on mean particle size during handling was detected. Dustiness and exposure concentrations showed a high degree of correlation (R2 = 0.77-0.97) for the materials and operating conditions assessed, suggesting that dustiness could be considered a relevant predictor for workplace exposure. Nevertheless, the relationship between dustiness and exposure is complex and should be assessed for each process, taking into account not only material behaviour but also energy settings and workplace characteristics.
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- 2019
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36. Review of measurement techniques and methods for assessing personal exposure to airborne nanomaterials in workplaces.
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Asbach C, Alexander C, Clavaguera S, Dahmann D, Dozol H, Faure B, Fierz M, Fontana L, Iavicoli I, Kaminski H, MacCalman L, Meyer-Plath A, Simonow B, van Tongeren M, and Todea AM
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- Humans, Particle Size, Workplace, Air Pollutants, Occupational analysis, Environmental Monitoring, Inhalation Exposure analysis, Nanostructures analysis, Occupational Exposure analysis
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Exposure to airborne agents needs to be assessed in the personal breathing zone by the use of personal measurement equipment. Specific measurement devices for assessing personal exposure to airborne nanomaterials have only become available in the recent years. They can be differentiated into direct-reading personal monitors and personal samplers that collect the airborne nanomaterials for subsequent analyses. This article presents a review of the available personal monitors and samplers and summarizes the available literature regarding their accuracy, comparability and field applicability. Due to the novelty of the instruments, the number of published studies is still relatively low. Where applicable, literature data is therefore complemented with published and unpublished results from the recently finished nanoIndEx project. The presented data show that the samplers and monitors are robust and ready for field use with sufficient accuracy and comparability. However, several limitations apply, e.g. regarding the particle size range of the personal monitors and their in general lower accuracy and comparability compared with their stationary counterparts. The decision whether a personal monitor or a personal sampler shall be preferred depends strongly on the question to tackle. In many cases, a combination of a personal monitor and a personal sampler may be the best choice to obtain conclusive results., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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37. Inter-comparison of personal monitors for nanoparticles exposure at workplaces and in the environment.
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Todea AM, Beckmann S, Kaminski H, Bard D, Bau S, Clavaguera S, Dahmann D, Dozol H, Dziurowitz N, Elihn K, Fierz M, Lidén G, Meyer-Plath A, Monz C, Neumann V, Pelzer J, Simonow BK, Thali P, Tuinman I, van der Vleuten A, Vroomen H, and Asbach C
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- Aerosols, Humans, Particle Size, Workplace, Air Pollutants, Occupational analysis, Environmental Monitoring instrumentation, Nanoparticles analysis, Occupational Exposure analysis, Wearable Electronic Devices
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Personal monitors based on unipolar diffusion charging (miniDiSC/DiSCmini, NanoTracer, Partector) can be used to assess the individual exposure to nanoparticles in different environments. The charge acquired by the aerosol particles is nearly proportional to the particle diameter and, by coincidence, also nearly proportional to the alveolar lung-deposited surface area (LDSA), the metric reported by all three instruments. In addition, the miniDiSC/DiSCmini and the NanoTracer report particle number concentration and mean particle size. In view of their use for personal exposure studies, the comparability of these personal monitors was assessed in two measurement campaigns. Altogether 29 different polydisperse test aerosols were generated during the two campaigns, covering a large range of particle sizes, morphologies and concentrations. The data provided by the personal monitors were compared with those obtained from reference instruments: a scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) for LDSA and mean particle size and a ultrafine particle counter (UCPC) for number concentration. The results indicated that the LDSA concentrations and the mean particle sizes provided by all investigated instruments in this study were in the order of ±30% of the reference value obtained from the SMPS when the particle sizes of the test aerosols generated were within 20-400nm and the instruments were properly calibrated. Particle size, morphology and concentration did not have a major effect within the aforementioned limits. The comparability of the number concentrations was found to be slightly worse and in the range of ±50% of the reference value obtained from the UCPC. In addition, a minor effect of the particle morphology on the number concentration measurements was observed. The presence of particles >400nm can drastically bias the measurement results of all instruments and all metrics determined., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2017
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38. Assessing the protection of the nanomaterial workforce.
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Schulte PA, Iavicoli I, Rantanen JH, Dahmann D, Iavicoli S, Pipke R, Guseva Canu I, Boccuni F, Ricci M, Polci ML, Sabbioni E, Pietroiusti A, and Mantovani E
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- Humans, Nanostructures chemistry, Nanotechnology standards, Occupational Exposure analysis, Risk Management standards, Safety, Nanostructures toxicity, Nanotechnology organization & administration, Occupational Exposure prevention & control, Risk Management organization & administration
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Responsible development of any technology, including nanotechnology, requires protecting workers, the first people to be exposed to the products of the technology. In the case of nanotechnology, this is difficult to achieve because in spite of early evidence raising health and safety concerns, there are uncertainties about hazards and risks. The global response to these concerns has been the issuance by authoritative agencies of precautionary guidance to strictly control exposures to engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). This commentary summarizes discussions at the "Symposium on the Health Protection of Nanomaterial Workers" held in Rome (25 and 26 February 2015). There scientists and practitioners from 11 countries took stock of what is known about hazards and risks resulting from exposure to ENMs, confirmed that uncertainties still exist, and deliberated on what it would take to conduct a global assessment of how well workers are being protected from potentially harmful exposures.
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- 2016
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39. [Comparative field study on high flow rate samplers for respirable fraction-A solution to smaller collected masses].
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Wang L, Hu F, Wang Z, Liang J, Li J, Mao G, Song W, Yi G, Zhao L, Wu J, Koob M, Chen W, Dahmann D, and Yang L
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- Construction Industry, Occupational Exposure, Ships, Workplace, Air Pollutants, Occupational analysis, Dust analysis, Environmental Monitoring instrumentation
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Objective: Dust sample mass gain is too smaller to satisfy the limit of detection (LOD) even in most cases during dust sampling at workplaces nowdays, especially for respirable fraction. Therefore, it is aimed to solve the problem by increasing sample load with high flow rate samplers., Methods: In A and B two shipyards respirable welding fume was sampled by high flow rate cyclone samplers of FSP-10 (10 L/min) for 2-2.5 hours and normal flow rate FSP-2 (2 L/min) for 3-4 hours with a stratigy of parallele sampling at the same workpalce, in order to compare their mass gain, coincidence rate with LOD, and airborn dust concentration., Results: Sample mass gain of 0.97±0.40 mg and 1.61±0.86 mg respectively in the two factories by FSP-10 was significantly higher than that of 0.29±0.12 mg and 0.51±0.27 mg by FSP-2 (t-test, P<0.05 in both cases) , increasing herewith the coincidence rate with LOD from 26.8% (when sampling with FSP-2, calculated together with samples of the two factories) to 89.7%. However there was no significant difference in dust concentrations by the two different samplers, 0.53±1.88 vs 0.73±1.61 mg/m(3) by FSP-2 and FSP-10 in the shipyard A and 1.14±1.78 vs 1.01±1.63 mg/m(3) in the factory B (t-test, P>0.05 in every case) . In addtion, sample loading by FSP-2 was found to be correlated to sampling time (R(2)=0.7906, y=0.002 6x) , therefore, it has to sample for ≥192.3 min to meet the LOD (0.5 mg) in case of normal flow rate., Conclusion: By using of high flow rate cyclone FSP-10 the problem of LOD could be solved, along with increased sample mass and similar respirable dust concentration by the two samplers. Some techincal improvements of FSP-10 and increasing of LOD coincidence rate by other methods was also disscussed.
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- 2016
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40. Lung cancer among coal miners, ore miners and quarrymen: smoking-adjusted risk estimates from the synergy pooled analysis of case-control studies.
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Taeger D, Pesch B, Kendzia B, Behrens T, Jöckel KH, Dahmann D, Siemiatycki J, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Peters S, Olsson A, Brüske I, Wichmann HE, Stücker I, Guida F, Tardón A, Merletti F, Mirabelli D, Richiardi L, Pohlabeln H, Ahrens W, Landi MT, Caporaso N, Pesatori AC, Mukeriya A, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Gustavsson P, Field J, Marcus MW, Fabianova E, 't Mannetje A, Pearce N, Rudnai P, Bencko V, Janout V, Dumitru RS, Foretova L, Forastiere F, McLaughlin J, Paul Demers PD, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Schüz J, Straif K, and Brüning T
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- Aged, Case-Control Studies, Coal Mining statistics & numerical data, Humans, Lung Neoplasms pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Smoking epidemiology, Time Factors, Lung Neoplasms epidemiology, Miners statistics & numerical data, Mining statistics & numerical data, Occupational Diseases epidemiology, Occupational Exposure statistics & numerical data
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Objectives: Working in mines and quarries has been associated with an elevated lung cancer risk but with inconsistent results for coal miners. This study aimed to estimate the smoking-adjusted lung cancer risk among coal miners and compare the risk pattern with lung cancer risks among ore miners and quarrymen., Methods: We estimated lung cancer risks of coal and ore miners and quarrymen among 14 251 lung cancer cases and 17 267 controls from the SYNERGY pooled case-control study, controlling for smoking and employment in other at-risk occupations., Results: Ever working as miner or quarryman (690 cases, 436 controls) was associated with an elevated odds ratio (OR) of 1.55 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.34-1.79] for lung cancer. Ore miners (53 cases, 24 controls) had a higher OR (2.34, 95% CI 1.36-4.03) than quarrymen (67 cases, 39 controls; OR 1.92, 95% CI 1.21-3.05) and coal miners (442 cases, 297 controls; OR 1.40, 95% CI 1.18-1.67), but CI overlapped. We did not observe trends by duration of exposure or time since last exposure., Conclusions: This pooled analysis of population-based studies demonstrated an excess lung cancer risk among miners and quarrymen that remained increased after adjustment for detailed smoking history and working in other at-risk occupations. The increase in risk among coal miners were less pronounced than for ore miners or quarrymen.
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- 2015
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41. Re-characterization of some factors influencing aerosol sampling in the workplace: results from field studies.
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Hu F, Wang L, Wang Z, Liang J, Li J, Mao G, Yi G, Zhao L, Wu J, Koob M, Chen W, Dahmann D, and Yang L
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- China, Humans, Industry, Ships, Workplace, Aerosols analysis, Air Pollutants, Occupational analysis, Dust analysis, Environmental Monitoring methods, Occupational Exposure analysis, Welding
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Objective: Workplace aerosol sampling is challenged by its influencing factors and methodological limitations. Some factors, including blank setting, electrostatic effect, sample mass gain, and limit of detection (LOD), were studied to characterize them further and thereby to improve the sampling method., Methods: Through a field sampling in two shipyards and by an analysis of a large amount of dust data from different industries, the influencing factors were comparatively studied with emphasis on their effect on the final result., Results: After calibration with field blanks, the concentrations of most sample types in the shipyards decreased significantly, varying by as much as -24.3% of the final measurements. After laboratory blank calibration, dust concentrations increased or decreased without a definite change trend. With a variation of -1.8%, only the measurements of Chinese "total dust" sampled with polypropylene filters were significantly influenced by the electrostatic effect. The LOD coincidence rate was only 17.3% for American respirable dust in different industries and 12.2% for respirable particles collected by normal flow rate samplers (FSP2) in the shipyards. The latter increased to 73.9% when high flow samplers (FSP10) were used., Conclusions: It was suggested that field blank calibration was the predominant influencing factor in comparison with electrostatic effect and laboratory blank adjustment. The LOD coincidence rate was too low for reliable sampling, and this might be improved by use of high flow samplers.
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- 2014
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42. [Health surveillance for workers exposed to beryllium and diagnostic procedures in beryllium-associated diseases].
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Euler U, Dahmann D, Follmann M, Gaede KI, Gäßler A, Groneberg D, Heger M, Krutz K, Latza U, Lelgemann M, Letzel S, Merget R, Müller-Quernheim J, Nauert T, and Seidler A
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- Berylliosis epidemiology, Berylliosis etiology, Berylliosis prevention & control, Cross-Sectional Studies, Diagnosis, Differential, Evidence-Based Medicine, Germany, Humans, Maximum Allowable Concentration, Population Surveillance, Risk Factors, Sarcoidosis diagnosis, Berylliosis diagnosis
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- 2013
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43. Comparability of portable nanoparticle exposure monitors.
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Asbach C, Kaminski H, von Barany D, Kuhlbusch TA, Monz C, Dziurowitz N, Pelzer J, Vossen K, Berlin K, Dietrich S, Götz U, Kiesling HJ, Schierl R, and Dahmann D
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- Aerosols analysis, Calibration, Decanoic Acids analysis, Environmental Monitoring methods, Environmental Monitoring standards, Humans, Limit of Detection, Lung physiology, Materials Testing methods, Models, Biological, Occupational Exposure analysis, Regression Analysis, Sodium Chloride analysis, Soot analysis, Air Pollutants, Occupational analysis, Environmental Monitoring instrumentation, Inhalation Exposure analysis, Materials Testing statistics & numerical data, Nanoparticles analysis, Particle Size
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Five different portable instrument types to monitor exposure to nanoparticles were subject to an intensive intercomparison measurement campaign. Four of them were based on electrical diffusion charging to determine the number concentration or lung deposited surface area (LDSA) concentration of airborne particles. Three out of these four also determined the mean particle size. The fifth instrument type was a handheld condensation particle counter (CPC). The instruments were challenged with three different log-normally distributed test aerosols with modal diameters between 30 and 180 nm, varying in particle concentration and morphology. The CPCs showed the highest comparability with deviations on the order of only ±5%, independent of the particle sizes, but with a strictly limited upper number concentration. The diffusion charger-based instruments showed comparability on the order of ±30% for number concentration, LDSA concentration, and mean particle size, when the specified particle size range of the instruments matched the size range of the aerosol particles, whereas significant deviations were found when a large amount of particles exceeded the upper or lower detection limit. In one case the reported number concentration was even increased by a factor of 6.9 when the modal diameter of the test aerosol exceeded the specified upper limit of the instrument. A general dependence of the measurement accuracy of all devices on particle morphology was not detected.
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- 2012
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44. A comparative field study on dust measurements by different sampling methods with emphasis on estimating factors for recalculation from chinese 'total dust' measurements to respirable dust concentrations.
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Yang L, Chen W, Wang Z, Sun J, Wang L, Yi G, Yang J, Li J, Mao G, Mattenklott M, Koob M, Sun Y, Bochmann F, and Dahmann D
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- China, Environmental Monitoring instrumentation, Humans, Industry, Workplace standards, Air Pollutants, Occupational analysis, Dust analysis, Environmental Monitoring methods, Occupational Exposure analysis
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In China, dust samplers were originally designed to collect 'total dust' for a short term during production, which is different from the widely adopted sampling strategy for dust. With the aim to provide the conversion factor from Chinese total dust to US and German respirable dust and to look at the influences on conversion factors from environment, production, and instruments, a comparative field study on the dust concentration measurements by different sampling methods was carried out in the same Chinese industries as in the 1989-1990 study and in some other factories. A supplemental experiment was also conducted in a wind tunnel. Dust concentration was measured with a parallel sampling strategy by using the following samplers: 10-mm nylon cyclone for US respirable dust (AR), FSP-Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut für Arbeitssicherheit (BIA) cyclone for German respirable dust (GR), and samplers for Chinese total dust (CT). Totally, 1434 samples were collected (269 AR, 198 GR, and 967 CT), from which 429 matched sample pairs (249 pairs of AR/CT, 180 GR/CT) were available to calculate conversion ratios. Industry- and job-based conversion factors are presented in this study. The conversion factor of AR/CT was 0.38 for tungsten mines, 0.19 for copper/iron mines, 0.65 for tin mines, and 0.20 for pottery industry, while the factor of GR/CT was 0.69 for tungsten, 0.37 for copper/iron, and 0.52 for pottery. In the job category, AR/CT factors varied from 0.16 to 0.96 and GR/CT from 0.12 to 0.72. For the industries studied in 1988-1989, the AR/CT and GR/CT factors were 0.29 and 0.45, respectively. Both factors were definitely influenced by production, CT dust concentration, sample gain, and variation of dust concentration. Moreover, the respirable dust concentration by FSP-BIA was significantly higher than that by 10-mm cyclones, 63.27-73.10% more as showed also by the wind tunnel experiment. Meanwhile, the GR/CT ratio was significantly larger than the AR/CT in every industry or job with only few exceptions. The GR/CT estimates should be considered as independent ones. Following these results, there is a need to use 'ideal samplers' (consistent with the internationally accepted respirable fraction) in practice and to assess the existent samplers in order to homogenize the exposure data situation.
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- 2012
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45. Association between lymph node silicosis and lung silicosis in 4,384 German uranium miners with lung cancer.
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Taeger D, Brüning T, Pesch B, Müller KM, Wiethege T, Johnen G, Wesch H, Dahmann D, and Hoffmann W
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- Aged, Dust, Germany epidemiology, Humans, Lung Neoplasms pathology, Lymphatic Diseases pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Occupational Exposure adverse effects, Occupational Exposure statistics & numerical data, Quartz toxicity, Silicosis pathology, Time Factors, Lung Neoplasms complications, Lymphatic Diseases complications, Mining statistics & numerical data, Silicosis complications, Uranium
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This study investigates the association between lymph node-only and lung silicosis in uranium miners with lung cancer and exposure to quartz dust. Tissue slides of 4,384 German uranium miners with lung cancer were retrieved from an autopsy archive and reviewed by 3 pathologists regarding silicosis in the lungs and lymph nodes. Cumulative exposure to quartz dust was assessed with a quantitative job-exposure matrix. The occurrence of silicosis by site was investigated with regression models for exposure to quartz dust. Miners with lung silicosis had highest cumulative quartz exposure, followed by lymph node-only silicosis and no silicosis. At a cumulative quartz exposure of 40 mg/m(3) × years, the probability of lung silicosis was above 90% and the likelihood of lymph node-only silicosis and no silicosis do not differ anymore. The results support that lymph node silicosis can precede lung silicosis, at least in a proportion of subjects developing silicosis, and that lung silicosis strongly depends on the cumulative quartz dose., (Copyright © 2011 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC)
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- 2011
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46. Quantitative crystalline silica exposure assessment for a historical cohort epidemiologic study in the German porcelain industry.
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Birk T, Guldner K, Mundt KA, Dahmann D, Adams RC, and Parsons W
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- Adult, Age Distribution, Cohort Studies, Female, Germany, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Distribution, Air Pollutants, Occupational analysis, Ceramics, Dust analysis, Occupational Exposure analysis, Occupational Exposure statistics & numerical data, Silicon Dioxide analysis
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A time-dependent quantitative exposure assessment of silica exposure among nearly 18,000 German porcelain workers was conducted. Results will be used to evaluate exposure-response disease risks. Over 8000 historical industrial hygiene (IH) measurements with original sampling and analysis protocols from 1954-2006 were obtained from the German Berufs- genossenschaft der keramischen-und Glas-Industrie (BGGK) and used to construct a job exposure matrix (JEM). Early measurements from different devices were converted to modern gravimetric equivalent values. Conversion factors were derived from parallel historical measurements and new side-by-side measurements using historical and modern devices in laboratory dust tunnels and active workplace locations. Exposure values were summarized and smoothed using LOESS regression; estimates for early years were derived using backward extrapolation techniques. Employee work histories were merged with JEM values to determine cumulative crystalline silica exposures for cohort members. Average silica concentrations were derived for six primary similar exposure groups (SEGs) for 1938-2006. Over 40% of the cohort accumulated <0.5 mg; just over one-third accumulated >1 mg/m(3)-years. Nearly 5000 workers had cumulative crystalline silica estimates >1.5 mg/m(3)-years. Similar numbers of men and women fell into each cumulative exposure category, except for 1113 women and 1567 men in the highest category. Over half of those hired before 1960 accumulated >3 mg/m(3)-years crystalline silica compared with 4.9% of those hired after 1960. Among those ever working in the materials preparation area, half accumulated >3 mg/m(3)-year compared with 12% of those never working in this area. Quantitative respirable silica exposures were estimated for each member of this cohort, including employment periods for which sampling used now obsolete technologies. Although individual cumulative exposure estimates ranged from background to about 40 mg/m(3)-years, many of these estimates reflect long-term exposures near modern exposure limit values, allowing direct evaluation of lung cancer and silicosis risks near these limits without extrapolation. This quantitative exposure assessment is the largest to date in the porcelain industry.
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- 2010
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47. Comparative evaluation of the dustiness of industrial minerals according to European standard EN 15051, 2006.
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Pensis I, Mareels J, Dahmann D, and Mark D
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- Environmental Monitoring methods, Environmental Monitoring standards, European Union, Humans, Inhalation Exposure analysis, Minerals analysis, Minerals standards, Occupational Exposure standards, Air Pollutants, Occupational analysis, Dust analysis, Industry, Minerals classification, Occupational Exposure analysis
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A range of industrial minerals was tested using the rotating drum and the continuous drop methods, the two methods proposed by the published European standard EN 15051 [CEN. (2006) EN 15051 Workplace atmospheres-measurement of the dustiness of bulk materials-requirements and test methods. Brussels, Belgium: European Committee for Standardization], to evaluate and compare their dustiness. The assessment of bulk materials dustiness can help to develop less dusty products and to reduce dust exposure to the workers by improving the processing of minerals. The European standard EN 15051 (CEN, 2006) proposes a classification system that was developed with the intention to assist in the labelling of products in the future. This paper presents a comparison of both test methods in classifying industrial minerals. The correlation between the dustiness measured by the two methods for the inhalable and respirable fractions is given. The results show there is no unambiguous dependence of the dustiness on the grain size of an industrial mineral. Although dustiness can significantly be affected by product moisture, the influence of this parameter is not studied in detail as the industrial minerals were tested in the conditions they are sold, as the standard requires. Especially, the classification of substances with respect to different classes of dustiness was found to be problematic, as the two methods are by no means yielding identical classification groups for all the substances. In any use of the standard (EN 15051; CEN, 2006) for labelling purposes, a revision of the present classification system provided in the standard is required for industrial minerals.
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- 2010
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48. Exposure assessment for nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide in German hard coal mining.
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Dahmann D, Morfeld P, Monz C, Noll B, and Gast F
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- Environmental Monitoring, Germany, Humans, Nitric Oxide analysis, Nitrogen Dioxide analysis, Air Pollutants, Occupational analysis, Carbon Monoxide analysis, Coal Mining, Nitrogen Oxides analysis, Occupational Exposure analysis
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Objective: The exposure situation of German hard coal miners with respect to the components nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide. Carbon monoxide was measured additionally and the results are displayed but not discussed in detail in this paper. The data were used to estimate personal long-term exposures in an inception cohort., Methods: For all three components, time weighted 8-h shift values were determined for typical groups of coalminers according to the European measurement standard. An expert panel from the coal mining company made an effort to estimate major potential changes in the exposure situation., Results: The main sources of nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide in hard coal mining were the diesel engines. Blasting fumes contributed only to a lesser degree and with different exposure characteristics, e.g. much reduced NO(2) levels compared to the mines' rear areas. As rough 8 h-shift averages describing the current exposure situation, we found 1.35 ppm NO and 0.21 ppm NO(2) for the diesel engine drivers. Blasting specialists were more difficult to evaluate but rough 8 h-shift averages of 0.84 ppm NO and 0.014 ppm NO(2) could be estimated from our measurement series. By applying these data and the estimates of experts about the retrospective exposure situation to a cohort of 1,369 coalminers, we derived mean (max) cumulative exposures in ppm x number of shifts of 1,748 (5,928) for NO and 19.6 (1,013) for NO(2) when summarizing over the follow-up period from 1974 until 1998., Conclusions: Especially for the diesel engine drivers, exposure can be regarded as rather high, in particular, when compared to recommended limits by SCOEL and MAK, though the exposures have been in line with the enforced German occupational exposure limits. Whether this exposure situation has caused adverse health effects will be investigated epidemiologically.
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- 2009
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49. Assessment of exposure in epidemiological studies: the example of silica dust.
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Dahmann D, Taeger D, Kappler M, Büchte S, Morfeld P, Brüning T, and Pesch B
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- Air Pollutants, Occupational adverse effects, Air Pollution, Indoor adverse effects, Carcinogens analysis, Epidemiologic Methods, Epidemiological Monitoring, Humans, Inhalation Exposure analysis, Lung Neoplasms chemically induced, Occupational Exposure adverse effects, Risk Assessment methods, Silicon Dioxide adverse effects, Air Pollutants, Occupational analysis, Air Pollution, Indoor analysis, Dust analysis, Environmental Monitoring methods, Occupational Exposure analysis, Silicon Dioxide analysis
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Exposure to crystalline silica ranks among the most frequent occupational exposures to an established human carcinogen. Health-based occupational exposure limits can only be derived from a reliable dose-response relationship. Although quartz dust seems to be a well-measurable agent, several uncertainties in the quantification of exposure to crystalline silica can bias the risk estimates in epidemiological studies. This review describes the silica-specific methodological issues in the assessment of exposure. The mineralogical forms of silica, the technologies applied to generate dust, protective measures, and co-existing carcinogens are important parameters to characterize the exposure condition of an occupational setting. Another methodological question concerns the measurement of the respirable dust fraction in the worker's breathing zone and the determination of the quartz content in that fraction. Personal devices have been increasingly employed over time, whereas norms for the measurement of respirable dust have been defined only recently. Several methods are available to analyse the content of crystalline silica in dust with limits of quantitation close to environmental exposure levels. For epidemiological studies, the quartz content has frequently not been measured but only calculated. To develop a silica-dust database for epidemiological purposes, historical dust concentrations sampled with different devices and measured as particle numbers have to be converted in a common exposure metric. For the development of a job-exposure matrix (JEM), missing historical data have to be estimated to complete the database over time. Unknown but frequently high-exposure levels of the past contribute largely to the cumulative exposure of a worker. Because the establishment of a JEM is crucial for risk estimates, sufficient information should be made accessible to allow an estimation of the uncertainties in the assessment of exposure to crystalline silica. The impressive number of silica dust measurements and the evaluation of methodological uncertainties allow recommendations for a best practice of exposure assessment for epidemiological studies.
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- 2008
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50. Exposure assessment in German potash mining.
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Dahmann D, Monz C, and Sönksen H
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- Administration, Inhalation, Germany, Humans, Mining, Complex Mixtures administration & dosage, Occupational Exposure analysis, Vehicle Emissions analysis
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Objective: Between 1995 and 2003 a longitudinal study on miners in two German potash mines was planned and performed by BAuA in collaboration with K+S and IGF. Aim was to correlate exposure data to the results of medical examination of the miners in the respective mines' workforce and to use the detailed exposure investigation as a tool for risk assessment by the company. In this time period a discussion about health effects and the corresponding necessity to lower the existing threshold limits for the components NO and NO(2) was started as well. Whereas the epidemiological aspects of this study are reported elsewhere (Lotz et al., in Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 2006), we discuss the exposure situation in detail in this paper., Methods: In two potash mines in Germany the shift and short time exposure for the components respirable dust, inhalable dust, diesel particulate matter, nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon dioxide was investigated in four separate campaigns. The results are reported and discussed., Results: The miners especially in the production areas of the mines are exposed to a highly correlated mixture of the components though the exposure situation can be regarded as state of the art and representative for the industry., Conclusion: All dose-response discussions must take into account that never only one of the components can be made responsible for an eventually occurring respiratory effect. For reasons of availability of proper measurement equipment limitations for a possible lowering of indicative limit values of the EU are to be observed.
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- 2007
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