Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 22/01/2021
2. EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT DATABASES
Database name
  EXPO - the national database for airborne occupational exposure
Institute
  The National Institute of Occupational Health in Norway (STAMI)
Country
  Norway
Contact person
  Ragnhild B Strand Østrem
Email
  ragnhild.ostrem@stami.no
References (weblinks)
  https://stami.no/vare-tjenester/expo/
Type of database
 

  • General

Type of data
 

  • Air monitoring

Level of data
 

  • Individual measurements

Occupational code
  Yes
Coding system
 

  • Other

Industry code
  Yes
Industry coding system
 

  • Other

Industry coding system | Specify: Other
  SIC 2007 (occupation only from 2010)
Website
  https://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/6/om
Main categories
 

  • Dusts and Fibres
  • Solvents
  • Pesticides
  • Metals and Metal Oxides
  • Other Chemicals

Inorganic dusts
 

  • Inorganic dusts, not specified
  • Quartz (quartz or crystalline silica containing dusts)

Organic dusts
 

  • Flour dust
  • Organic dusts (not specified)
  • Wood dust (hardwood)
  • Wood dust (softwood)
  • Wood dust (not specified)

Aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbon solvents
 

  • Hexane
  • Solvent naphtha
  • White spirit

Aromatic hydrocarbon solvents
 

  • Benzene
  • Styrene and styrene oxide
  • Toluene
  • Xylene

Organic solvents, other than aliphatic, aromatic and chlorinated
 

  • Alcohols
  • Esters
  • Formaldehyde
  • Ketones

Choose Metals and Metals Oxides
 

  • Aluminium
  • Beryllium and all compounds
  • Cadmium and all compounds
  • Chromium (metallic chromium, Cr(iii), Cr(vi) and all compounds)
  • Lead and all compounds
  • Mercury, organic, inorganic

Engine exhaust
 

  • Diesel engine exhaust

Isocyanates
 

  • Isocyanates

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
 

  • Benzo(a)pyrene

Welding fumes
 

  • Welding fumes, not specified

Number (specify)
  74000
Number (specify)
  20000
First year
  1971
Last year
  2020
Worker ID
  No
Location ID
  Yes
Work task
  Yes
PPE
  Yes
Ventilation
  No
Indoors/outdoors
  Yes
Unit of measurements
  Yes
Sampling duration
  Yes
Sampled fraction (e.g. respirable)
  Yes
Sampling medium (e.g. air, urine, etc)
  Not Applicable
Sampling device
  Yes
Analytical method
  Yes
Measurement strategy
  Yes
Measurement reason
  Yes
Limit of detection
  No
Availability
 

  • Upon request

Other remarks
  The database has evolved from 1971 until today, hence all the samples does not contain the full set of information. About 80% of the samples added after 2010 have occupational codes.