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