An updated job-exposure matrix for occupational noise: development and validation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to create a quantitative job-exposure matrix (JEM) for noise including a large set of measurements for the Swedish workforce, a detailed exposure-level assessment, spanning over an extensive time period from 1970 to 2014.

Methods

The JEM was developed by 2 teams, each with an experienced occupational hygienist and an occupational safety engineer. Each pair assessed the exposure using measurements performed and reported by occupational hygienists, occupational safety engineers, or similar, from 1970 to 2014. The measurements included either the original LAeq(8h) measurements or an LAeq(8h) levels calculated from partial measurements of the working day, provided that the measurement targeted a regular task usually performed during a full wo

SUBMITTER: Sjostrom M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877457 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature