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. 1983 Sep;51:217–222. doi: 10.1289/ehp.8351217

In vitro assessment of equivalence of occupational health risk: welders.

R M Stern
PMCID: PMC1569279  PMID: 6641655

Abstract

The possibility of using in vitro testing to determine the equivalence of risk for various occupational groups is discussed. In the absence of epidemiological evidence or relevant animal in vivo bioassays on which to determine the health effects of specific occupational exposures, it is proposed to use similarities in the in vitro response to substances with known (or strongly suspected) and unknown risk to demonstrate their risk equivalence. Identification and evaluation of a high risk "hot spot" due to exposure to Cr(VI) for stainless steel welders is discussed in terms of recent developments in collection, analysis and bioassay of welding fumes.

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