Current Intelligence Bulletin 61: A Strategy for Assigning New NIOSH Skin Notations

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Current Intelligence Bulletin 61: A Strategy for Assigning New NIOSH Skin Notations

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Title: Current Intelligence Bulletin 61: A Strategy for Assigning New NIOSH Skin Notations

Subject: This CIB provides a new NIOSH strategy for assigning skin notations for workplace chemicals that are dermal hazards.

Purpose: To explain a new strategic framework for assigning multiple skin notations which incorporates the current scientific knowledge on workplace chemicals and dermal toxicity to distinguish between direct, systemic, and sensitizing effects of exposures of the skin to chemicals.

Timing of Review: Summer 2008

Primary Disciplines or Expertise Needed for Review: Chemistry, toxicology, industrial hygiene, epidemiology, risk assessment

Type of Review: Individual

Number of Reviewers: 4

Reviewers Selected by: NIOSH

Public Nominations Requested for Reviewers: No

Opportunities for the Public to Comment: Yes

Peer Reviewers Provided with Public Comments Before Their Review: Yes

Peer Reviewers:

John Cherrie
Academic and Professional Credentials: Ph.D.
Organizational Affiliation: Research Director, Institute of Occupational Medicine
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, or Relevant Experience:
Recommended by: NIOSH

Richard Fenske
Academic and Professional Credentials: Ph.D., M.A., M.P.H.
Organizational Affiliation: Associate Chair and Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, or Relevant Experience:
Recommended by: NIOSH

Youcheng Liu
Academic and Professional Credentials: M.D., Sc.D., M.P.H.
Organizational Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, or Relevant Experience:
Recommended by: NIOSH

Carrie Redlich
Academic and Professional Credentials: M.D., M.P.H.
Organizational Affiliation: Professor of Medicine and Associate Director, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, or Relevant Experience:
Recommended by: NIOSH

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