Validity of multisectoral job-exposure matrices

Abstract

Currently, there are no generally applicable tools with which to describe potential occupational exposures to toxic substances in multiple sectors or trades. This project was undertaken to facilitate the identification of toxic substances in the workplace. A standard database was established, using data from 20 000 exposure measurements gathered between 1981 and 1989 in the territory of a department of community health in the Montréal area. The data comparison phase is under way, and job-exposure matrices and databases for the same jobs and industries have been obtained from other countries.

Over the long term, this project will result in the development of a specific Québec job-exposure matrix indicating the association between individual jobs and actual occupational exposure to toxic substances. Both industrial hygienists and occupational physicians responsible for the development of enterprise-specific health programmes will find this matrix useful.

Produced Under this Project

Scientific Reports

Study of the validity of multisectoral industrial hygiene job-exposure matrices Research Report: R-110

Scientific Publications

Study on the validity of the NOES job-exposure matrix using industrial hygiene measurements obtained in Montréal
Gérin M., Bégin D., Siemiatycki J., Dewar R.
Source :
in Conference on retrospective assessment of occupational exposures in epidemiology, International Agency of Research on Cancer (1994, Lyon, France), Proceeding, 1994, p. 55
Development of an occupational exposure data bank on the territory of a department of community health in Montreal
Bégin D., Gérin M., Adib G., Fournier C., Deguire L.
Source :
Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, vol. 10, no 4, 1995, p. 355-360
European proposal for core information for the storage and exchange of workplace exposure measurements on chemical agents
Rajan B., Alesbury B., Carton B., Gérin M., Litske H., Marquart E., Olsen E., Scheffers R., Stamm R., Woldbaek T.
Source :
Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, vol. 12, 1997, p. 31-39
Reliability of an expert rating procedure of retrospective assessment of occupational exposures
Siemiatycki J., Fritschi L., Dadon L., Gérin M.
Source :
American Journal of Independent Medecine, vol. 31, 1997, p. 280-286

Additional Information

Type: Project

Number: 0090-1280

Status: Completed

Research Field: Chemical and Biological Hazard Prevention

Team:

Michel Gérin (Université de Montréal)
Louise De Guire (Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur)
Jack Siemiatycki (Centre de toxicologie du Québec)