. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 3.

Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2020 Feb 3;30(3):554–566. doi: 10.1038/s41370-020-0203-9

Table 2.

Summary of the number of exposure situations (ESs) and exposure measurements (EMs) provided by the Swiss Insurance Fund (SUVA, Switzerland) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH, US).

Exposure type	SUVA		NIOSH
Exposure type	Total ESs (EM^b)	Processed ESs^a (EM)	Total ESs (EM^b)	Processed ESs (EM)
Volatile liquids (VP > 10 Pa)	146 (346)	135 (317)	50 (425)	50 (425)
Non-volatile liquids (VP ≤ 10 Pa)	5 (5)	0	4 (9)	0
Powders (non-abrasive dust)	59 (113)	59 (113)	10 (40)	10 (40)
Solids (abrasive dust)	52 (120)	24 (57)	0	0

VP vapor pressure.

Processed data: only ESs that were applicable in all the three REACH models used in the study; in case of non-volatiles, the data were not processed due to the small data size.

SUVA included 1–3 exposure measurements per ES, while NIOSH 5–12.