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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