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Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers

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Table A–7. Working lifetime percent, excess risk estimates of low-mass concentrations of CNTassociated with minimal (grade 1) lung effectsWorking lifetime excess risk (%) *Subchronic inhalationstudy in ratsWorking lifetime8-hr TWA airborneconcentration (µg/m 3 )Maximum likelihoodestimate (MLE)95% Upperconfidence limit ofMLEDeposited lung burden (assumes no clearance)Ma-Hock et al. [2009] 1 33 542 80 967 >99 >99Pauluhn [2010] 1 16 302 50 727 >99 >99Retained lung burden (assumes normal clearance)Ma-Hock et al. [2009 1 3.7 102 7.4 207 49 73Pauluhn [2010] 1 2.4 5.32 4.8 107 25 42*45-year working lifetime; estimated from multistage model (degree 2) [US EPA 2010] for exposures greater than 10% BMC(L)<strong>and</strong> by linear extrapolation from the 10% BMC(L) in Table A–5 for lower exposures.116 NIOSH CIB 65 • <strong>Carbon</strong> <strong>Nanotubes</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Nanofibers</strong>

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