Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour
Organization (ILO) are develo** joint estimates of the work-related burden of disease and …

The respiratory health effects of livestock farming have been on debate for more than three
decades. Endotoxin-contaminated organic dusts are considered as the most important …

Rationale: There is limited evidence from population-based studies demonstrating incidence
of spirometric-defined chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in association with …

Background: Diesel engine exhaust (DEE) has recently been classified as a known human
carcinogen. Objective: We derived a meta-exposure–response curve (ERC) for DEE and …

The aim of this study was to estimate occupational exposure to inhalable wood dust by
country, industry, the level of exposure and type of wood dust in 25 member states of the …

Job-exposure matrices (JEM) are a common method for exposure assessment in
occupational epidemiology. The first JEM were described in the early 1980s (1, 2) and have …

Objective Numerous exposure assessment methods (EAM) exist for investigating health
effects of occupational exposure to pesticides. Direct (eg, biomonitoring) and indirect …

Objective: We aimed to assess the prevalence of exposure by sector and the sectors of
activity most exposed to each exposure, using routine occupational health data, and to …

Objective: The use of measurement data in occupational exposure assessment allows more
quantitative analyses of possible exposure–response relations. We describe a quantitative …

Occupation and industry classifications are used in epidemiological studies to classify study
subjects according to their job and subsequently to study risk by job, to infer social class …