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Table 3–1. Exposures from CCP handling

Reference and country		Occupation or exposure scenario		Sample type		Airborne concentration
Jujo Paper Company, Ltd. [1979], Japan		Paper finishing		CCP solvent (unspecified)		0.3 mg/m3
Mølhave and Grunnet [1981], Denmark	Experimental laboratory conditions	Alkanes or alkenes (C5–C14)
		Santosol	Levels not reported
Göthe et al. [1981] and Norbäck et al. [1983b], Sweden	Printing offices	Kerosene	7.0 mg/m3
		MIPB[1]	0.2 mg/m3
		Diarylethane	0.2 mg/m3
		Hydrogenated terphenyl and diisopropylnaphthalene	<0.01 mg/m3
	Ordinary offices	Kerosene	0.7 mg/m3
		MIPB	0.2 mg/m3
		Diarylethane	0.02 mg/m3
		Hydrogenated terphenyl and diisopropylnaphthalene	<0.01 mg/m3
Gockel et al. [1981], United States	Office workers	Formaldehyde	<0.51 ppm
Chrostek and Moshell [1982], United States	Telephone workers	Total dust	0.06–0.2 mg/m3
		Formaldehyde	0.22 mg/m3[2]
		Glove analyses:
		Dibutyl phthalate	Detected
		Diethyl phthalate	Detected
		Dioctyl adipate	Detected
Norbäck [1983b], Sweden	Experimental laboratory conditions	Kerosene	0.35–15.5 mg/m2 per hr
		MIPB	0.33–0.54 mg/m2 per hr
		Formaldehyde	0.1–0.3 mg/m3
Norbäck and Göthe [1983], Sweden	Offices and print shops	Total dust	0.02–0.05 mg/m3
		Kerosene	0.7–0.81 mg/m3
		MIBP	0.06 mg/m3
		Diarylethane	0.03 mg/m3
		Hydrogenated terphenyls	<0.01 mg/m3
Winfield [1983], United States	Purchasing office	Formaldehyde	ND—0.04 ppm

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See footnotes at end of table.

1. Abbreviations: DETA=diethylene diamine tetracetic acid; HMDI=hexamethylene diisoeyanate; MIPB=monoisopropyl biphenyl; ND=none detected; REL=NIOSH recommended exposure limit.
2. Attributed to cigarette smoking.