Variations in Exposure to Inhalabel Wood Dust in the Danish Furniture Industry. Within-and Between-Worker and Factory Components Estimated from Passive Dust Sampling

摘要

Variability of exposure to wood dust at large factories in the Danish furniture industry was studied. Three repeated exposure measurements of 292 workers at 38 factories were included in the study. The measurements were carried out by use of personal passive dust monitors. The components of variance were estimated by means of a random effects ANOVA model. The ratio of within-to between-worker variance was 1.07.