| Inhalable dust | Respirable dust | CSF | ||||||||||||||
| NL | GE | UK | PO | SW | NL | GE | UK | PO | SW | NL | GE | UK | PO | SW | ||
| n | 2285 | 185 | 4134 | 6361 | 415 | – | 401 | 10 | 349 | 56 | 1625 | – | 3842 | 108 | 82 | |
| npersonal | 1571 | 45 | 2399 | 75 | 194 | – | 121 | 5 | – | 52 | 1517 | – | 2522 | 37 | 30 | |
| nstationary | 325 | 70 | 1735 | 6214 | 119 | – | 280 | 5 | 349 | 4 | 79 | – | 1320 | 71 | 42 | |
| nsource | 389 | 70 | – | 72 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | – | – | – | 10 | |
| nsurveys | 65 | 25 | 170 | 9 | 129 | – | 130 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | – | 41 | 1 | 9 | |
| nfactories | 15 | 12 | 110 | 3 | 17 | – | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | – | 183 | 1 | 5 | |
| nsubjects | 917 | 38 | 2398 | 68 | 99 | – | 121 | 5 | – | 35 | 573 | – | 2168 | 36 | 23 | |
| nlocations | 350 | 72 | 1735 | 104 | 73 | – | 280 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 45 | – | 1206 | 13 | 21 | |
| Years | 1984–2003 | 1974–2003 | 1977–2002 | 1981–2003 | 1969–2003 | – | 1974–2001 | 1985–1999 | 1991–1996 | 1982–2001 | 1984–1997 | – | 1977–2002 | 1987–1990 | 1990–1995 | |
| Aggregated BRMA departments* | ||||||||||||||||
| Crude materials (1) | 414 | 117 | 1994 | 3062 | 200 | – | 255 | 3 | 179 | 44 | 237 | – | 1125 | 46 | – | |
| Pre–treating (2) | 578 | 9 | 606 | 2538 | 71 | – | 54 | 7 | 115 | 7 | 409 | – | 518 | 26 | – | |
| Curing (3) | 506 | 46 | 930 | 78 | 75 | – | 44 | – | – | 2 | 346 | – | 1729 | 31 | 82 | |
| Post-treating (4) | 464 | 4 | 323 | 108 | 12 | – | 20 | – | 11 | 1 | 327 | – | 319 | 2 | – | |
| Maintenance and engineering (5) | 215 | 3 | 132 | 566 | 16 | – | 6 | – | 44 | – | 191 | – | 28 | – | – | |
| Miscellaneous (6) | 108 | 6 | 149 | 9 | 41 | – | 22 | – | – | 2 | 115 | – | 123 | 3 | – | |
| Purpose of collecting measurements | ||||||||||||||||
| Research | 46 | 43 | – | 4 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | 54 | – | – | 100 | – | |
| Evaluation of controls | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | – | – | – | – | |
| Compliance testing by regulator | 2 | 32 | 2 | 96 | 20 | – | 55 | – | 100 | 29 | 2 | – | 6 | – | – | |
| Compliance testing by company | 1 | 25 | 92 | – | 51 | – | 45 | – | – | 71 | 1 | – | 65 | – | 100 | |
| “Concern” | 2 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | 100 | – | – | 2 | – | 28 | – | – | |
| Follow–up on complaint | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Unknown | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | <1 | – | – | |
*See online supplementary data for details of codes.
BRMA, British Rubber Manufacturer’ Association; GE, Germany; NL, the Netherlands; PO, Poland; UK, the United Kingdom; SW, Sweden.