%0 Journal Article %T Occupational exposure to chemical agents in the particleboard industry. %A Kauppinen, Timo P. %A Niemela, R. I. %J Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health %D 1985 %8 October 11 %N 5 %@ 0355-3140 %F Kauppinen1985 %X

Most of the measurements concerned formaldehyde and wood dust. The other substances measured included terpenes, solvents, and heptachlor. Before 1975 the formaldehyde concentration regularly exceeded 2 ppm during many workphases. Considerable improvements in ventilation and the composition of glues have occurred since then, and today the exposure level is below 2 ppm during most workphases. High peak concentrations, 20-30 ppm at the highest, were characteristic of exposure in earlier years. The concentrations of wood dust have also decreased, eg, from over 5 mg/m3 to 1 mg/m3 or below during forming. These data have been used to evaluate past exposures in an epidemiologic study on cancer risks in the particleboard, plywood, and sawmill industries.

%R 10.5271/sjweh.2212 %U https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=2212 %U https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.2212 %P 357-363