化学物质暴露和异常工作时间的综合影响
Jenny-Anne S Lie1, Shan Zienolddiny-Narui2, Magne Bråtveit3
1Group of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway.
Annals of work exposures and health
|May 6, 2024
概括
当前的职业暴露限值 (OEL) 不考虑不寻常的工作时间. 需要更多的研究来了解化学和非标准工作时间表如何影响工人的健康,并为OEL调整提供信息.
科学领域:
- 职业健康和安全 职业健康和安全
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 时间生物学 时间生物学
背景情况:
- 职业化学物质暴露和不寻常的工作时间独立地影响健康.
- 当前的职业暴露限值 (OEL) 通常假定标准工作日为8小时,不考虑非标准时间表.
- 很大一部分劳动力经历化学物质暴露与不同的工作时间表一起.
研究的目的:
- 综合和评估关于异常工作时间和化学物质暴露对健康的综合影响的科学证据.
- 评估OEL调整的必要性,以纳入与非标准工作时间表相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 进行了系统的文献搜索,直到2021年11月.
- 纳入标准侧重于观察性研究,以化学物质暴露,不寻常的工作时间和健康结果的明确指标.
- 搜索了七个数据库,并包括了明确测试暴露与结果之间的关联的研究.
主要成果:
- 九项研究符合纳入标准,其中七项报告了显著的关联.
- 一些研究表明,与日班相比,夜班的健康影响更明显 (例如,对肺功能,睡眠质量,冠状动脉疾病,自发流产).
- 有证据表明,相对于昼夜节律,化学物质暴露的时间可能会影响健康影响.
结论:
- 目前的数据不足以推轮班工作的特定OEL调整.
- 进一步的研究是必要的,以了解化学物质暴露和不寻常的工作时间之间的复杂相互作用,以准确评估风险.
- 需要进行额外的研究,以告知潜在的OEL调整,并保护不同工作时间的工人健康.
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