Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 16/11/2020
1. JOB-EXPOSURE MATRICES
JEM name
  Swedish Noise JEM
Institute
  Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute
Country
  Sweden
Contact person
  Mattias Sjöström
Email
  mattias.sjostrom@ki.se
References (citation)
 

  • Mattias Sjostrom; Marie Lewne; Magnus Alderling; Pernilla Willix; Peter Berg; Per Gustavsson; Magnus Svartengren. A Job-Exposure Matrix for Occupational Noise: Development and Validation Annals of Occupational Hygiene 2013; doi: 10.1093/annhyg/met001.
  • Ann-Christin Johnson, Renata Bogo, Ahmed Farah, Kjell K. Karlsson, Per Muhr, Mattias Sjöström, Eva B. Svensson, Åsa Skjönsberg & Magnus Svartengren Influence of well-known risk factors for hearing loss in a longitudinal twin study, International Journal of Audiology, 2017, 56:sup1, 63-73, DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2016.1265157
  • AlvaWallas, Charlotta Eriksson, Olena Gruzieva, Tomas Lind, Andrei Pyko, Mattias Sjöström, Mikael Ögren and Göran Pershagen. Road traffic noise and determinants of saliva cortisol levels among adolescents. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. Available online 22 November 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2017.11.003
  • Helena Pernilla Eriksson, Eva Andersson, Linus Schiöler, Mia Söderberg, Mattias Sjöström, Annika Rosengren, Kjell Torén. Longitudinal study of occupational noise exposure and joint effects with job strain and risk for coronary heart disease and stroke in Swedish men. BMJ Open2018;8:e019160. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019160
  • Lissåker CT, Gustavsson P, Albin M, Ljungman P, Bodin T, Sjöström M, Selander J. Occupational exposure to noise in relation to pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders and diabetes. Scand J Work Environ Health Online-f

Year JEM was developed
  2014
Agents
 

  • Physical Agents

Choose
 

  • Noise

Occupation Axis
  Yes
Coding system
 

  • ISCO 1958
  • ISCO 1988
  • ISCO 2008
  • Other

Specify: Other
  NYK, SSYK
Coding system (Number of digits used)
  4
Industry Axis
  No
Intensity
  Yes
Probability
  No
Duration
  No
Frequency
  No
Peaks
  No
Other
  Some peak data but too weak to be trusted
Data source(s)
 

  • Expert assessment
  • Direct measurements

Studies to which the JEM has been applied: Texts
 

  • Ann-Christin Johnson, Renata Bogo, Ahmed Farah, Kjell K. Karlsson, Per Muhr, Mattias Sjöström, Eva B. Svensson, Åsa Skjönsberg & Magnus Svartengren Influence of well-known risk factors for hearing loss in a longitudinal twin study, International Journal of Audiology, 2017, 56:sup1, 63-73, DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2016.1265157
  • AlvaWallas, Charlotta Eriksson, Olena Gruzieva, Tomas Lind, Andrei Pyko, Mattias Sjöström, Mikael Ögren and Göran Pershagen. Road traffic noise and determinants of saliva cortisol levels among adolescents. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. Available online 22 November 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2017.11.003
  • Helena Pernilla Eriksson, Eva Andersson, Linus Schiöler, Mia Söderberg, Mattias Sjöström, Annika Rosengren, Kjell Torén. Longitudinal study of occupational noise exposure and joint effects with job strain and risk for coronary heart disease and stroke in Swedish men. BMJ Open2018;8:e019160. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019160
  • Lissåker CT, Gustavsson P, Albin M, Ljungman P, Bodin T, Sjöström M, Selander J. Occupational exposure to noise in relation to pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders and diabetes. Scand J Work Environ Health Online-f

Relation with other JEMs
  Original version = 3 level noise classification. Current version = 5 level noise classification.
Availability
 

  • Upon request

Strengths
  Decent number of measurements and very good consensus among assessors.
Weaknesses
  Not suitable for individual assessments