ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2019
Cross-national comparison of two general population job exposure matrices for physical work exposures.
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- The association between wet work and hand eczema in the Dutch general population: Application of a job exposure matrix to the lifelines cohort study.Contact dermatitis · 2025Article
- Occupational demands associated with rotator cuff disease surgery in the UK Biobank.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
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- Job-Exposure Matrix: A Useful Tool for Incorporating Workplace Exposure Data Into Population Health Research and Practice.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2022Review
- Applying two general population job exposure matrices to predict incident carpal tunnel syndrome: A cross-national approach to improve estimation of workplace physical exposures.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2020Article
- Musculoskeletal symptoms associated with workplace physical exposures estimated by a job exposure matrix and by self-report.American journal of industrial medicine · 2020Article
- Comparison Between a Self-Reported Job Exposure Matrix (JEM CONSTANCES) to an Expertise-Based Job Exposure Matrix (MADE) for Biomechanical Exposures.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesJob exposure matrices (JEMs) are increasingly used to estimate physical workplace exposures. We conducted a cross-national comparison of exposure estimates from two general population JEMs to aid the interpretation of exposure-outcome associations across countries and to explore the feasibility of cross-national application of JEMs to provide workplace physical exposure estimates.
methodsWe compared physical exposure estimates from two general population JEMs created from the French
resultsAll variable pairs measuring similar physical exposures demonstrated positive correlations. Among the 50 matched pairs, 33 showed high correlation (ρ≥0.70) and 46 showed at least moderate agreement (κ≥0.41). Exposures expected to be mutually exclusive (manual work vs office work) showed strongly negative correlations.
conclusionsFrench and American general population physical exposure JEMs were related, sharing moderate to high association and moderate to substantial agreement between the majority of variable pairs measuring similar exposures. These findings will inform cross-national comparisons of study results and support some uses of general population JEMs outside their countries of origin.
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