Beskrivelse af JEM

Name: SYNJEM88

Exposure: Five lung carcinogens (cancer-causing-agents):

  • Asbestos
  • Chromium-VI
  • Nickel
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
  • Crystalline silica (RCS)

Coverage: Occupational titles within The Danish version of ISCO-88

Job title and industry classification system: DISCO-88 (and ISCO-68 is also availeble)

Calendar period: 1970-2020

Measures of exposure:  The JEM is based on a quantitative exposure assessment approach.  The exposure rating is derived from a general population JEM (DOMJEM) assigning no, low or high exposure levels. Some modifications were made to DOM-JEM for the ratings for asbestos, PAH and RCS. The rating was changed from ‘no’ to ‘low’ exposure if the individual was employed in a particular industry where exposure was likely.

Uncertainty in exposure measures: The JEM is based on statistically modelling of a large amount of personal occupational exposure measurement data.

Demographic dimensions: The JEM includes quantitative estimates of the level of exposure by region (Canada; Central and Eastern European countries; France; Germany; Italy/Spain; Sweden (including data from all Nordic countries); the United Kingdom; and the Netherlands.) except for the exposure PAH.

Access: To obtain access to data you need to contact the above-mentioned contact person. You will find an overview of the access posibilies to the JEM  here  Hent dokument.

Referencer og kontaktinformation

Contact information: Hans Kromhout, Dep. of Population Health Sciences, University of Utrecht, Holland

Reference: Peters, S., Vermeulen, R., Portengen, L., Olsson, A., Kendzia, B., Vincent, R., Savary, B., LavouCrossed Sign, J. D. S., Cavallo, D., Cattaneo, A., Mirabelli, D., Plato, N., Fevotte, J., Pesch, B., Brüning, T., Straif, K., & Kromhout, H. (2016). SYN-JEM: A Quantitative Job-Exposure Matrix for Five Lung Carcinogens. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 60(7), 795–811. 

Forskningsprojekter om  lunge carinogener

Inden for DOC*X er der flere projekter som forsker i sammenhængen mellem carinogen og sundhed med udgangspunkt i jobeksponeringsmatricen SYNJEM.

Et af projekterne undersøger blandt andet risikoen for at udvikle iskæmisk hjertesygdom ved arbejdsrelateret eksponering herunder carcinogener. Det undersøges om langtidsudsættelse for støvpartikeler øger risikoen for akut myokardieinfarkt og øger omfanget af åreforkalkning af hjertets kranspulsårer.