A conceptual model for take-home workplace exposures. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jones, Rachael M.; Burstyn, Igor
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene. Volume 15:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: D8
• Page End: D11
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Behavior change -- conceptual model -- para-occupational -- take-home exposures; Industrial hygiene -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Occupational Health -- Periodicals; Environmental Exposure -- Periodicals; Environmental Health -- Periodicals; Occupational Exposure -- Periodicals; Hygiène industrielle -- Périodiques; Hygiène du milieu -- Périodiques; Médecine du travail -- Périodiques; 613.62
• DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2017.1392531
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1545-9624

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The boundary between occupational and environmental exposures is often artificial, as occupational hazards can readily escape the workplace. One way that this occurs is when workers "take-home" occupational hazards, exposing family members. While take-home exposures have long been recognized, there is no comprehensive framework describing the pathways by which workers bring home workplace hazards. In this article, we provide such a conceptual model that includes three pathways for take-home exposures: external contamination, internal dose, and behavior change of workers. This conceptual model should help to describe the problems of take-home exposures more comprehensively in future research.