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Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 10/11/2020
1. JOB-EXPOSURE MATRICES
JEM name
  Cement production
Institute
  STAMI
Country
  Norway
Contact person
  Hilde Notø
Email
  hno@stami.no
Attachments
 

Year JEM was developed
  2007-2011
Agents
 

  • Dusts and Fibres
Fibres
 

  • Other (specify)
Fibres | Specify: Other
  Cement, clinker
Inorganic dusts
 

  • Cement
Occupation Axis
  Yes
Industry Axis
  No
Intensity
  Yes
Intensity categories/units
 

  • Quantitative (specify unit)
Specify: Quantitative (specify unit)
  mg/m3
Probability
  No
Duration
  Yes
Duration categories/levels
  half a shift/shift/ year
Frequency
  Yes
Frequency categories/levels
  N pr job type/year
Data source(s)
 

  • Direct measurements
Studies to which the JEM has been applied: Texts
 

  • Nordby et al 2016. Thoracic dust exposure is associated with lung function decline in cement production workers. Nordby et al 2011. Exposure to thoracic dust, airway symptoms and lung function in cement production workers
Studies to which the JEM has been applied: Links
 

  • Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 331–339 | DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02061-2015.
Studies to which the JEM has been applied: Attachments
 

Validation studies done: Texts
 

  • No
Availability
 

  • Upon request
Strengths
  6111 thoarcic exposure meaurements from 22 plants in 8 different countries
Weaknesses
  Sampling by the companies but all analysis at STAMI, uneven number of samples pr job type