Name: NOCCA-JEM

Reference:  Kauppinen T, Heikkila P, Plato N, et al. Construction of job-exposure matrices for the Nordic Occupational Cancer Study (NOCCA). Acta Oncol 2009; 48: 791-800.

Contact information: Johnni Hansen, The Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

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.

Exposure: Expert rated exposures on 3 chemical compounds: Diesel-exhausts, Formaldehyde, and Organic solvents. Exposures are given both as probability of exposure, intensity of exposure for the exposed, and as a combined measure of probability and intensity.

Coverage: Relevant job titles in The Danish version of ISCO-88 (DISCO-88) and their corresponding DISCO-88 codes, by translation from the Nordisk Yrkes Klassifikation (NYK – Nordic Job Classification).

Job title and industry classification system: DISCO-88 / NYK.

Calendar period: The JEM contains estimates for four periods from 1945 and onward.

Measures of exposure: Expert rated exposures on 3 chemical compounds: Diesel-exhausts, Formaldehyde, and Organic solvents. Exposures are given both as probability of exposure, intensity of exposure for the exposed, and as a combined measure of probability and intensity.

Uncertainty in exposure measures:
The exposures were expert assessed.

Demographic dimensions:
No demographic dimensions.