Research Article

OccIDEAS: Retrospective Occupational Exposure Assessment in Community-Based Studies Made Easier

Table 2

Currently available job specific modules and agents in OccIDEAS.

Job Specific ModulesAluminium smelting industry
Barber/hairdresser
Carpenter/cabinet maker
Driver/transport worker
Dry cleaner
Electrician/linesman
Farmer
Fishing/shipping/merchant seaman
Flight attendant/frequent flyer
Forestry and timbermill and lumber worker
Gardener/groundskeeper
Health professional
Labourer
Machinist
Mechanic
Military
Miner
Office worker
Painter
Petrol and gas station attendant
Railway worker
Shiftworker
Teacher
Tradesman
Welder/boiler maker

Types of agents which can be assessedAdhesives (solvent glues, water glues, heat glues, contact adhesives)
Blood borne pathogens
Combustion products (diesel exhaust, petrol exhaust, other exhausts, other PAHs)
Fertilizers (mineral, natural)
Formaldehyde
Inorganic dusts (asbestos, fibreglass, silica, other inorganic fibres, other inorganic dusts)
Metals (lead, other toxic metals, other metals)
Nitrosamines
Oils (natural, mineral, synthetic)
Organic dusts (wood, grain, cotton, other organic dusts)
PCBs
Pesticides (organochlorines, organophosphates, phenoxy herbicides, other herbicides, other pesticides)
Pigments (paints, dyes, other pigments)
Radiation (ionizing radiation, UV, ELF, RF)
Resins (acrylamide, resins)
Shiftwork, jetlag
Solvents (benzene, other aromatic solvents, chlorinated solvents, aliphatic solvents, alcohol)
Sterilizing agents (ethylene oxide, other sterilizing agents)