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Perspectives on what we formerly called threshold limit values.

J R Goldsmith
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From the point of view of an epidemiologist with experience in community air quality standards, occupational health standards, radiation standards, and water quality standards, reasons are given for discarding the assumption that occupational health protection should be based on threshold concepts. The weakness of worker health protection based on prescription of maximal exposure levels is noted, regardless of whose judgement is used for such levels.

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J R Goldsmith. 1991. Perspectives on what we formerly called threshold limit values.. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.4700190612

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