National Survey of Workplaces Handling and Manufacturing Nanomaterials, Exposure to and Health Effects of Nanomaterials, and Evaluation of Nanomaterial Safety Data Sheets

Table 4

The results of health examination.

	Total	SiO2	ZnO	Others
Total number of workplace: health examination implemented	68; (100)	32; (100)	5; (100)	31; (100)
Number of companies: health examination for the hazardous materials implemented	48; (70.6)	16; (50.0)	5; (100)	27; (87.1)
Number of workers whose health status examined	1,230	385	44	801
Number of workers: occupational disease suspected	9	2	2	5
Expected target organ		Not recorded	Respiratory system	Circulatory system ()
Number of workers requiring follow-up health-exam regularly	7	5	1	1
Expected target organ		Respiratory system (); Not recorded ()	Respiratory system
Number of companies: implemented health examination, but no workers examined for the hazardous materials	20; (29.4)	16; (50.0)	0; (0.0)	4; (12.9)

Others: CoO, Pb, SnO₂, Al₂O₃, Fe, copper, nickel, manganese, antimony, vanadium pentoxide, zirconium, cadmium, chromium, arsenic trioxide, and so forth.