%0 Journal Article
%T A Review of Wood Dust Longitudinal Health Studies: Implications for an Occupational Limit Value
%A John L. Festa
%A Stewart E. Holm
%J Dose
%@ 1559-3258
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1559325819827464
%X Numerous studies reporting on the health effects of wood dust have been published over many decades. For the clear majority of these studies, their use for setting a science-based occupational exposure level is problematic due generally to insufficient exposure measurement data, inadequate participant follow-up, and lack of control for confounding variables. However, there exists a robust data set from a large longitudinal lung function study that provides a scientifically sound basis for establishing an occupational limit of 5 mg/m3 inhalable wood dust. The choice of this data set and its application for this purpose are presented in this review
%K lung function
%K cross-sectional
%K longitudinal
%K FEV
%K limit
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1559325819827464