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Efficacy of predictive modeling as a scientific criterion in dermal hazard identification for assignment of skin notations
Chen CP , Ahlers HW , Dotson GS , Lin YC , Chang WC , Maier A , Gadagbui B . Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2011 61 (1) 63-72 Skin notations (SNs) represent a hazard characterization tool for alerting workers of health hazards associated with dermal contact with chemicals. This study evaluated the efficacy of a predictive model utilized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to identify dermal hazards based on potential of systemic absorption compared to hazard assignments based on dermal lethal dose 50% or logarithm of octanol-water partition coefficient. A total of 480 chemicals assigned an SN from at least one of seven institutes were selected and partitioned into seven hazard categories by frequency of SN assignment to provide a basis of evaluation for the predictivity of the examined criteria. We find that all three properties serve as a qualitative indicator in support of a dichotomous decision on dermal hazard; the predictive modeling was identified from a multiple regression analysis as the most significant indicator. The model generated estimates that corresponded to anticipated hazard potentials, suggesting a role of the model to further serve as a hazard-ranking tool. The hazard-ranking capability of the model was consistent with the scheme of acute toxicity classification in the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. |
The evolution of skin notations for occupational risk assessment: a new NIOSH strategy
Dotson GS , Chen CP , Gadagbui B , Maier A , Ahlers HW , Lentz TJ . Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2011 61 (1) 53-62 This article presents an overview of a strategy for assignment of hazard-specific skin notations (SK), developed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This health hazard characterization strategy relies on multiple SKs capable of delineating systemic (SYS), direct (DIR), and immune-mediated (SEN) adverse effects caused by dermal exposures to chemicals. One advantage of the NIOSH strategy is the ability to combine SKs when it is determined that a chemical may cause multiple adverse effects following dermal contact (e.g., SK: SYS-DIR-SEN). Assignment of the SKs is based on a weight-of-evidence (WOE) approach, which refers to the critical examination of all available data from diverse lines of evidence and the derivation of a scientific interpretation based on the collective body of data including its relevance, quality, and reported results. Numeric cutoff values, based on indices of toxic potency, serve as guidelines to aid in consistently determining a chemical's relative toxicity and hazard potential. The NIOSH strategy documents the scientific rationale for determination of the hazard potential of a chemical and the subsequent assignment of SKs. A case study of acrylamide is presented as an application of the NIOSH strategy. |
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