Jack Siemiatycki1, Jérôme Lavoué. 1. Université de Montréal, School of Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Dr Siemiatycki); Université de Montréal, School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Dr Lavoué); Centre de recherche du CHUM, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Drs Siemiatycki, Lavoué).
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to introduce the Canadian job-exposure matrix (CANJEM). METHODS: Four large case-control studies of cancer were conducted in Montreal, focused on assessing occupational exposures by means of detailed interviews followed by expert assessment of possible occupational exposures. Thirty-one thousand six hundred seventy-three jobs were assessed using a checklist of 258 agents (listed with prevalences at http://expostats.ca/chems). This large exposure database was configured as a JEM. RESULTS: CANJEM is available in four occupational classification systems. It provides estimates of probability of exposure among workers with a given occupation, and for those exposed, various metrics of exposure. CANJEM can be accessed online (www.canjem.ca) or in a batch version. CONCLUSION: CANJEM is a large source of retrospective exposure information, covering most occupations and many agents. CANJEM can be used to support exposure assessment efforts in epidemiology and occupational health.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to introduce the Canadian job-exposure matrix (CANJEM). METHODS: Four large case-control studies of cancer were conducted in Montreal, focused on assessing occupational exposures by means of detailed interviews followed by expert assessment of possible occupational exposures. Thirty-one thousand six hundred seventy-three jobs were assessed using a checklist of 258 agents (listed with prevalences at http://expostats.ca/chems). This large exposure database was configured as a JEM. RESULTS: CANJEM is available in four occupational classification systems. It provides estimates of probability of exposure among workers with a given occupation, and for those exposed, various metrics of exposure. CANJEM can be accessed online (www.canjem.ca) or in a batch version. CONCLUSION: CANJEM is a large source of retrospective exposure information, covering most occupations and many agents. CANJEM can be used to support exposure assessment efforts in epidemiology and occupational health.
Authors: Alexis Descatha; Bradley A Evanoff; Johann H Andersen; Matthew Baca; Skye Buckner-Petty; Marc Fadel; Laure Ngabirano; Yves Roquelaure; Ann Marie Dale Journal: J Occup Environ Med Date: 2019-09 Impact factor: 2.162
Authors: Jean-François Sauvé; Jack Siemiatycki; France Labrèche; Lesley Richardson; Javier Pintos; Marie-Pierre Sylvestre; Michel Gérin; Denis Bégin; Aude Lacourt; Tracy L Kirkham; Thomas Rémen; Romain Pasquet; Mark S Goldberg; Marie-Claude Rousseau; Marie-Élise Parent; Jérôme Lavoué Journal: Ann Work Expo Health Date: 2018-08-13 Impact factor: 2.179
Authors: Jean-François Sauvé; Hugh W Davies; Marie-Élise Parent; Cheryl E Peters; Marie-Pierre Sylvestre; Jérôme Lavoué Journal: Ann Work Expo Health Date: 2019-01-07 Impact factor: 2.179