Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 21/09/2020
2. EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT DATABASES
Database name
ExpoSYN
Institute
Utrecht University
Country
Netherlands
Contact person
Susan Peters
Email
s.peters@uu.nl
References (citation)
Peters S, Vermeulen R, Olsson AC, et al. Development of an exposure measurement database on five lung carcinogens (ExpoSYN) for quantitative retrospective occupational exposure assessment. Annals of Occupational Hygiene (2012) 56(1):70-9
Type of database
  • General
Type of data
  • Air monitoring
Level of data
  • Individual measurements
Occupational code
Yes
Coding system
  • ISCO 1968
Industry code
Yes
Industry coding system
  • ISIC rev 2 (1968)
Main categories
  • Dusts and Fibres
  • Metals and Metal Oxides
  • Other Chemicals
Fibres
  • Asbestos (any form of asbestos chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite, anthophyllite, etc. or asbestos-containing material)
Inorganic dusts
  • Quartz (quartz or crystalline silica containing dusts)
Choose Metals and Metals Oxides
  • Chromium (metallic chromium, Cr(iii), Cr(vi) and all compounds)
  • Nickel and all compounds
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
  • Benzo(a)pyrene
  • Other (specify)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) | Specify: Other
naphthalene
Region(s)
  • Region axis [specify region]
Specify region
  • Europe
  • North and Central America
Europe
  • Bulgaria
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Slovakia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
North and Central America
  • Canada
Worker ID
Yes
Location ID
Yes
Work task
No
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)
Not Applicable
Sampling device
Yes
Analytical method
Yes
Measurement strategy
Yes
Measurement reason
Yes
Limit of detection
Yes
Relation with other databases
  • ExpoSYN is a compilation of many existing exposure databases, as well as measurements derived from the grey literature
Availability
  • Other
Availability | Other
Data were collected and brought together for a specific project (SYNERGY)
Other remarks
Although detailed auxiliary information wasrequested for collection, not all such information was available for each data point.