Name: Organic Dust JEM, an Insustry Exposure Matrixsurem. The JEMname is IOM – the same JEM as the one concerning endotoxin.
3,200 endotoxin measurements and 3540 organic dust measurements from Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Canada, and Norway. Methodology similar to the paper on modelling of occupational respirable crystalline silica exposure for community-based studies (Peters S, et al. Modelling of occupational respirable crystalline silica exposure for quantitative exposure assessment in community-based case-control studies. J Environ Monit. 2011 Nov;13(11):3262-8. Though it is important to know that no prior is included in the analyses
Reference: Not yet published. A short description is available and included in the spread sheet with the two Industry Exposure Matrices (IOMs). Basinas I, Wouters IM, Sigsgaard T, et al. Development of a quantitative job exposure matrix for endotoxin exposure in agriculture. Occup Environ Med 2016; 73.
Contact information: Vivi Schlünssen, vs@ph.au.dk, Department of Public Health, Danish Ramazzini Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Access: To obtain access to data follow the application procedure on this site. You will find an overview of the access posibilies to the JEM here Hent dokument.
Exposure: Airborne organic dust exposure in the work environment.
Coverage: Please see below. You can chose to assume that other industries are not exposed to organic dust – the most important industries are included – but some industries are not covered. Only industries where we managed to find measurements are included in this IOMs
Industries: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds;Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers;Growing of other non-perennial crops;Raising of dairy cattle;Raising of sheep and goats;Raising of piglets;Production of pigs (piglets and finishers);Production of pigs for slaughtering;Raising of poultry;Raising of fur animals, etc.;Mixed farming;Industrial and post production processing;Post-harvest crop activities;Seed processing for propagation;Production of pork;Production of other meat;Processing and preserving of poultry meat;Production of meat and poultry meat products;Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables;Manufacture of grain mill products;Manufacture of bread, fresh pastry goods and/or bakery products;Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes;Manufacture of fresh bakery products;Manufacture of sugar;Processing of tea and coffee;Manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals;Manufacture of malt;Sewerage;Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste;Disposal of waste with energy production;Wholesale of flowers and plants;Wholesale of fruit and vegetables;Warehousing and storage;Landscape service activities
Job title and industry classification system: The JEM uses the DB-07 classification.
Calendar period: Years covered are 1990 – 2009. Recommendations outside the period not fixed. Not indications of any strong trends.
Measures of exposure: Geometric mean in EU/m3
Uncertainty in exposure measures: Standard error of predictions.
Demographic dimensions: There are no geographical dimensions within Denmark. Country specific estimates are not available.
