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Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers

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Table A–8. Working lifetime percent, excess risk estimates of low-mass concentrations of CNTassociated with slight/mild (grade 2) 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 10 162 31 447 99 >99Pauluhn [2010] 1 1.6 3.02 3.1 6.17 12 24Retained lung burden (assumes normal clearance)Ma-Hock et al. [2009 1 1.6 2.52 3.2 5.07 12 21Pauluhn [2010] 1 0.23 0.532 4.5 1.07 1.6 3.7*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–6 for lower exposures.NIOSH CIB 65 • <strong>Carbon</strong> <strong>Nanotubes</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Nanofibers</strong>117

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