Recommendation of Occupational Exposure Limits (2017–2018)

Fujio Kayama, Katsuyui Murata, Kasuke Nagano, Tamie Nasu, Toru Takebayashi, Tatsuya Takeshita, Kazuhito Yokoyama

Journal of Occupational Health · 2017 · 25 citations · 0 references

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The Japan Society for Occupational Health (JSOH) recommends the Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) as reference values for preventing adverse health effects on workers caused by occupational exposure to chemical substances, continuous or intermittent noise, impulsive or impact noise, heat stress, cold stress, whole-body vibration, hand-arm vibration and time-varying electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields and ultraviolet and ionizing radiation.