Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 24/08/2021
2. EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT DATABASES
Database name
HSE BMDB (Biological Monitoring DataBase)
Institute
Health and Safety Executive
Country
United Kingdom
Contact person
Kate Jones
Email
kate.jones@hse.gov.uk
References (citation)
Annals of Work Exposures and Health, Volume 61, Issue 4, 1 May 2017, Pages 401–405, https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxx011
References (weblinks)
https://academic.oup.com/annweh/article/61/4/401/3038250
Type of database
  • General
Type of data
  • Biological sampling
Level of data
  • Individual measurements
Occupational code
No
Industry code
No
Main categories
  • Solvents
  • Pesticides
  • Metals and Metal Oxides
  • Other Chemicals
Aromatic hydrocarbon solvents
  • Benzene
  • Styrene and styrene oxide
  • Toluene
  • Xylene
Chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents
  • Methylene chloride
  • Perchloroethylene
  • Trichloroethylene
Organic solvents, other than aliphatic, aromatic and chlorinated
  • Glycol ethers
  • Ketones
Fungicides
  • Mancozeb
  • Maneb
Herbicides
  • Glyphosate
Insecticides
  • Chlorpyriphos
  • Deltamethrin
  • Permethrin
  • Organophosphates, not specified
Choose Metals and Metals Oxides
  • Aluminium
  • Arsenic all types
  • Beryllium and all compounds
  • Cadmium and all compounds
  • Chromium (metallic chromium, Cr(iii), Cr(vi) and all compounds)
  • Cobalt and all compounds
  • Lead and all compounds
  • Mercury, organic, inorganic
  • Nickel and all compounds
Acrylamide
  • Acrylamide
Aromatic amines
  • Other (specify)
Aromatic amines | Specify: Other
methylene dianiline; MbOCA
Isocyanates
  • Isocyanates
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
  • Coal tar pitch
  • Soot
  • Other (specify)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) | Specify: Other
coke oven
Sulphur compounds, volatile
  • Hydrogen sulphide
Welding fumes
  • Welding fumes, not specified
Number (specify)
>1 000 000
Number (specify)
N/A
Region(s)
  • Region axis [specify region]
Specify region
  • Europe
Europe
  • United Kingdom
First year
1996
Last year
2021 (on-going)
Worker ID
Yes
Location ID
No
Work task
No
PPE
No
Ventilation
No
Indoors/outdoors
No
Unit of measurements
Yes
Sampling duration
Not Applicable
Sampled fraction (e.g. respirable)
Not Applicable
Sampling medium (e.g. air, urine, etc)
Yes
Sampling device
Not Applicable
Analytical method
Yes
Measurement strategy
No
Measurement reason
No
Limit of detection
Yes
Relation with other databases
  • Some data will also appear in the HSE NEDB
Strengths
Repeated samples over time
Weaknesses
Limited contextual data