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Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 24/03/2021
2. EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT DATABASES
Database name
  Colchic
Institute
  INRS
Country
  France
Contact person
  Gautier Mater
Email
  gautier.mater@inrs.fr
References (citation)
  Descriptive analysis and comparison of two French occupational exposure databases: COLCHIC and SCOLA. Am J Ind Med. 2016 May;59(5):379-91. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22569. Epub 2016 Feb 22.
References (weblinks)
  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajim.22569
Type of database
 

  • General
Type of data
 

  • Air monitoring
Level of data
 

  • Individual measurements
Occupational code
  Yes
Coding system
 

  • Other
Coding system | Specify: Other
  ROME 2018, Pôle emploi
Website
  http://www.pole-emploi.org/opendata/repertoire-operationnel-des-meti.html?type=article
Industry code
  Yes
Industry coding system
 

  • Other
Industry coding system | Specify: Other
  NAF rev02, (2008)
Website
  https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2120875
Main categories
 

  • Dusts and Fibres
  • Solvents
  • Pesticides
  • Metals and Metal Oxides
  • Other Chemicals
  • Engineered Nanoparticles
  • Biological Factors
Fibres
 

  • Asbestos (any form of asbestos chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite, anthophyllite, etc. or asbestos-containing material)
  • Ceramic fibres
  • Fibres (not specified)
  • Glass wool
  • Rock wool
  • Wollastonite
  • Asbestiform talc
  • Silicon carbide fibres and whiskers
  • Other (specify)
Inorganic dusts
 

  • Carbon black
  • Cement
  • Coal dust
  • Granular talc
  • Inorganic dusts, not specified
  • Quartz (quartz or crystalline silica containing dusts)
  • Silica Amorphous
  • Silicates
  • Other (specify)
Organic dusts
 

  • Wood dust (not specified)
  • Other (specify)
Aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbon solvents
 

  • Gasoline
  • Hexane
  • Solvent naphtha
  • Turpentine
  • White spirit
  • Other (specify)
Aromatic hydrocarbon solvents
 

  • Benzene
  • Creosotes
  • Styrene and styrene oxide
  • Toluene
  • Xylene
  • Other (specify)
Chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents
 

  • Chloroform
  • Methylene chloride
  • Perchloroethylene
  • Trichloroethanes
  • Trichloroethylene
  • Vinyl chloride
  • Other (specify)
Organic solvents, other than aliphatic, aromatic and chlorinated
 

  • Alcohols
  • Esters
  • Formaldehyde
  • Glycol ethers
  • Ketones
  • Other (specify)
Fungicides
 

  • Other (specify)
Herbicides
 

  • Other (specify)
Other
 

  • Other
Choose Metals and Metals Oxides
 

  • Aluminium
  • Arsenic all types
  • Beryllium and all compounds
  • Cadmium and all compounds
  • Chromium (metallic chromium, Cr(iii), Cr(vi) and all compounds)
  • Cobalt and all compounds
  • Copper
  • Iron (metallic iron and all compounds)
  • Lead and all compounds
  • Mercury, organic, inorganic
  • Nickel and all compounds
  • Other (specify)
1-3-butadiene
 

  • 1-3-butadiene
Acrylamide
 

  • Acrylamide
Anesthetic gases
 

  • Anesthetic gases
Aromatic amines
 

  • o-toluidine and/or 4-chloro-o-toluidine
  • Other (specify)
Carbon monoxide
 

  • Carbon monoxide
Detergents and cleaning products
 

  • Cleaning products
  • Detergents
Engine exhaust
 

  • Diesel engine exhaust
  • Gasoline engine exhaust
Ethylene oxide
 

  • Ethylene oxide
Flame retardants
 

  • Flame retardants
Isocyanates
 

  • Isocyanates
Phthalates
 

  • Phthalates
PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
 

  • PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
 

  • Asphalt/Bitumen fumes
  • Benzo(a)pyrene
  • Bitumen fumes
  • Other (specify)
Sulphur compounds, volatile
 

  • Hydrogen sulphide
  • Mercaptans
  • Sulphur dioxide and sulphur trioxide
  • Other (specify)
Welding fumes
 

  • Electrical welding
  • Gas welding
  • Soldering
  • Welding fumes, not specified
  • Other (specify)
Other
 

  • Other
Engineered Nanoparticles
 

  • Nanometals (nanogold, nanosilver, titanium dioxide, etc.)
Bacteria
 

  • Other (specify)
Moulds-fungi
 

  • Aflatoxins
  • Other (specify)
Worker ID
  No
Location ID
  Yes
Work task
  Yes
PPE
  Yes
Ventilation
  Yes
Indoors/outdoors
  Yes
Unit of measurements
  Yes
Sampling duration
  Yes
Sampled fraction (e.g. respirable)
  Yes
Sampling medium (e.g. air, urine, etc)
  Yes
Sampling device
  Yes
Analytical method
  Yes
Measurement strategy
  Yes
Measurement reason
  Yes
Limit of detection
  Yes
Data source(s)
 

  • Type of process, frequency exposure, category of product or process causing occupational expososure...
Relation with other databases
 

  • Scola
Availability
 

  • Other
Availability | Other
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/solvex.html - http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fibrex.html
Other remarks
  on request: data processed statistically