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Using Decision Rules to Assess Occupational Exposure in Population-Based Studies.
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- Enhancing a job exposure matrix with subject-specific information to assess combined exposure to benzene, toluene, and xylene in a case-control study.Annals of work exposures and health · 2026Article
- Occupational history questionnaire for job coding and exposure assessment in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2025Article
- Occupational and Hobby Exposures Associated With Myositis Phenotypes in a National Myositis Patient Registry.Arthritis care & research · 2025Article
- Occupational exposure to organic solvents and the risk of developing testicular germ cell tumors (TESTIS study): Effect of combined exposure assessment on risk estimation.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- Using a smartphone application to capture daily work activities: a longitudinal pilot study in a farming population.Annals of work exposures and health · 2023Article
- Comparison of agreement in asthmagen exposure assessments between rule-based automatic algorithms and a job exposure matrix in healthcare workers in Australia and Bhutan.BMC public health · 2022Article
- A Task-Specific Algorithm to Estimate Occupational (1→3)-β-D-glucan Exposure for Farmers in the Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in Agriculture Study.Annals of work exposures and health · 2022Article
- Adapting Decision Rules to Estimate Occupational Metalworking Fluid Exposure in a Case-Control Study of Bladder Cancer in Spain.Annals of work exposures and health · 2022Article
- Development of a Job-Exposure Matrix for Ultrafine Particle Exposure: The MatPUF JEM.Annals of work exposures and health · 2021Review
- Characterization of inhalable endotoxin, glucan, and dust exposures in Iowa farmers.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2020Article
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purpose of reviewPopulation-based studies increasingly link task-based occupational questionnaire responses collected from subjects to exposure estimates via transparent, programmable decision rules. We reviewed recent applications and methodological developments of rule-based approaches. RECENT
findingsAgent-specific decision rules require interviews incorporating work-task-based questions. Some studies have developed rules before the interviews took place, while others developed rules after the interviews were completed. Agreement between rule-based estimates and exposures assigned using job-by-job expert review were generally moderate to good (Kappa = 0.4-0.8). Rules providing quantitative intensity levels using measurement data or that integrate multiple independent exposure sources for the same job represent further advances to improve the characterization of occupational exposures in population studies. Decision rules have provided transparent and reproducible assessments, reduce job-by-job review, and facilitate sensitivity analyses in epidemiologic studies. Future studies should consider the development of decision rules concurrent with the questionnaire design to facilitate occupational exposure assessment efforts.
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