ASSESSMENT OF WORKPLACE MEASUREMENTS OF G ASES, VAPORS AND METAL FUMES CARRIED OUT IN THE GDR - CONVERSION FACTORS USED FOR EVALUATING CASES OF SUSPECTED OCCUPATIONAL-DISEASES

After the reunification of the two German states it had been necessary to consider pollutant measurements carried out in the ancient GDR for the assessment of suspected cases of occupational diseases. Since mea suring results of the GDR and the ancient Federal Republic of Germany are not always alike, a project was initiated which is aimed to invest igate whether or not exposure measurements for gases, vapours and meta l fumes undertaken in the GDR would have yielded the same results when conducted by using measuring methods of the ancient Federal Republic of Germany. In the negative, conversion factors would have to be appli ed.