Annals of Occupational Hygiene vol 49 number 2 is now available on-line. The contents list below includes links to the on-line abstracts, which are available free to everyone.

This issue includes five papers on the evaluation and development of the EASE system for estimating likely exposure to chemicals, and also a commentary by Christine Northage of HSE giving the background to EASE, and its possible future development in the light of the European Union REACH legislation.  Christine's commentary is on open access - free to all at the URL below.

BOHS members and subscribers to the on-line edition can freely access the full texts of other papers from the abstracts. Details of how to register for this are given at the end of this email.  Non-subscribers can download the full texts for a charge.  The print edition of this issue should be published in mid-March. 

There are about 30 other Annals papers which have been published on our advance access site http://annhyg.oupjournals.org/papbyrecent.dtl , and which will appear in forthcoming issues.

Trevor Ogden
Editor in Chief, Annals of Occupational Hygiene
http://annhyg.oupjournals.org

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Commentaries
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EASEing into the Future
CHRISTINE NORTHAGE
Ann Occup Hyg 2005 49: 99-101. http://annhyg.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/49/2/99?etoc

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Articles
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The Development of the EASE Model
JOHN TICKNER, JEFF FRIAR, KAREN S. CREELY, JOHN W. CHERRIE, D. ERIC PRYDE,
and JOHN KINGSTON
Ann Occup Hyg 2005 49: 103-110. http://annhyg.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/2/103?etoc

Comparison of Measured Dermal Dust Exposures with Predicted Exposures
Given by the EASE Expert System
GRAEME W. HUGHSON and JOHN W. CHERRIE
Ann Occup Hyg 2005 49: 111-123. http://annhyg.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/2/111?etoc

The Validity of the EASE Expert System for Inhalation Exposures
JOHN W. CHERRIE and GRAEME W. HUGHSON
Ann Occup Hyg 2005 49: 125-134. http://annhyg.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/2/125?etoc

Evaluation and Further Development of EASE Model 2.0
K. S. CREELY, J. TICKNER, A. J. SOUTAR, G. W. HUGHSON, D. E. PRYDE, N. D.
WARREN, R. RAE, C. MONEY, A. PHILLIPS, and J. W. CHERRIE
Ann Occup Hyg 2005 49: 135-145. http://annhyg.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/2/135?etoc

Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence Program for Estimating Occupational Exposures
KAREN L. JOHNSTON, MARGARET L. PHILLIPS, NURTAN A. ESMEN, and THOMAS A. HALL
Ann Occup Hyg 2005 49: 147-153. http://annhyg.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/2/147?etoc

Company-Level, Semi-Quantitative Assessment of Occupational Styrene
Exposure when Individual Data are not Available
HENRIK A. KOLSTAD, JETTE SONDERSKOV, and IGOR BURSTYN
Ann Occup Hyg 2005 49: 155-165. http://annhyg.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/2/155?etoc

Dermal Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons among Road Pavers
VIRPI VAANANEN, MERVI HAMEILA, PENTTI KALLIOKOSKI, ELINA NYKYRI, and PIRJO
HEIKKILA
Ann Occup Hyg 2005 49: 167-178. http://annhyg.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/2/167?etoc

Evaluation of Facial Features on Particle Inhalation
T. RENEE ANTHONY, MICHAEL R. FLYNN, and ALFRED EISNER
Ann Occup Hyg 2005 49: 179-193. http://annhyg.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/2/179?etoc

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