ReviewFrontiers in epidemiology2022
Job-Exposure Matrix: A Useful Tool for Incorporating Workplace Exposure Data Into Population Health Research and Practice.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Environmental exposures in autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases: a priority-based evidence map, immune-mechanism integration audit and research agenda.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Validation of JEM Soignances Job-Exposure Matrix Through Comparison with Self-Reported Exposures Among Healthcare Workers in CONSTANCES.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- LIFETIME JEM-DERIVED OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE BURDEN AND ODDS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND PARKINSONISM IN A MATCHED CASE-CONTROL STUDY.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Occupational exposure to vapor, gas, dust and fume using job-exposure matrix in a population-based, nationwide study in Kazakhstan.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2026Article
- Epidemiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in the Pays de la Loire, France: A 20-Year Study from a Centralized Diagnostic Center.Neuroepidemiology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Kazakhstan in a Nationwide Population-Based Epidemiological Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Article
- Challenges of using the Occupational Asthma-specific job exposure matrix to assess occupational exposure and hand eczema.Frontiers in allergy · 2026Article
- Work conditions are associated with physical health in later life: a longitudinal cohort study in Taiwan.Innovation in aging · 2026Article
- Occupational Risk of COPD: Insights from a Large Cohort Study.Safety and health at work · 2025Article
- Development of a quantitative job exposure matrix for standing, walking, and forward bending among pregnant workers - The PRECISE JEM.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2025Article
- Associations Between Occupational Exposures and Cough Subclasses Among Middle-Aged Australians.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2025Article
- Associations of psychosocial and physical work demands with all-cause mortality: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies.International journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Physical and mental demands of work associated with dementia risk in later life.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025Article
- Influence of pension availability on the association between work conditions and labor market exit for health reasons: evidence from a Taiwanese older adults cohort.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Investigating Parkinson's disease risk across farming activities using data mining and large-scale administrative health data.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2025Article
- 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
- Development and validation of a French job-exposure matrix for healthcare workers: JEM Soignances.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- Air Pollution and Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk and Progression: Implications for the Mucosal Origins Hypothesis and Climate Change for RA Pathogenesis.Current rheumatology reports · 2024Review
- Comparison of 3 methods characterizing H2S exposure in water and wastewater management work.Annals of work exposures and health · 2024Article
- Association between exposure to metalworking fluid aerosols, occupational noise and chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study in China.BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Workplace exposures to physical, chemical, and psychosocial factors account for a large burden of chronic diseases. Obtaining useful estimates of current and past workplace exposures is challenging, particularly in large general population studies. Job-exposure matrices (JEMs) are a useful tool for exposure assessment, particularly when no individual level exposure data are available. A JEM provides a cross-tabulation of job titles (sometimes combined with industry) and estimated exposures to workers carrying out these jobs during different time periods. The major limitation of JEMs is that they do not account for individual variation in exposures within the same job. This limitation is offset by the advantages of low cost, wide applicability, lack of bias from self-reporting, and the ability to estimate exposures based on job titles when no other exposure data exist. There is growing use of JEMs in research examining the role of workplace exposures in the development of chronic diseases, and interest in their application to public health practice. This paper provides a scoping review of JEM use, some examples of JEMs, and brief guidance for the application of JEMs in epidemiological research. In conclusion, JEMs provide a useful tool for researchers and public health practitioners to estimate occupational exposures in large scale epidemiological studies relevant to many health conditions.
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