Agreement of job‐exposure matrix (JEM) assessed exposure and self‐reported exposure among adult leukemia patients and controls in Shanghai

Abstract

The levels of agreement between self-report and JEM in this study suggest that self-reported exposures are a suitable method for assessing occupational exposures in this population.

Validity of self-reported occupational noise exposure

“…Reporting bias and recall bias are well described phenomena [2][3][4]. To minimize these biases is always a difficult task particularly in case-control studies as data on exposures or events are asked which date far back in the lives of the study participants, likely to lead to inaccuracies in the reporting.…”

Use of job-exposure matrices to estimate occupational exposure to pesticides: A review

“…[91][92][93][94][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][106][107][108][109][110] However, other outcomes were studied such as neurological diseases, 14,96,97,100,109,110 birth outcomes 95,104,105 and respiratory diseases. 112,113 Various pesticide definitions were used in these matrices.…”

“…112,113 Various pesticide definitions were used in these matrices. They were sometimes considered as a generic group, 91,94,99,100,[106][107][108][109][110]112 were classified in functional groups (H/F/I), [14][15][16]92,93,96,[101][102][103][104][105]111,113 or were identified at the active ingredient level. 95,98 The occupations concerned were detailed very precisely in some studies.…”

“…We identified 28 epidemiological studies that used ad hoc matrices, that is, developed for the purpose of a unique study, [91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100] or used in several studies, generally in a particular context, with no previous publication of the method: for example, matrices created by P Stewart, 15,16,101-105 M Dosemeci, [106][107][108]14,109,110 and the ALOHA JEM (Table 4). [111][112][113] In particular, the ad hoc JEMs created by P Stewart 15,16,[101][102][103][104][105] are a hybrid between a job-exposure matrix and expert raters' assessment.…”

“…The health effects studied were mainly cancers, 15,[91][92][93][94]98,99,[101][102][103][106][107][108]111 and the study design was mostly case-control. [91][92][93][94][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][106][107][108][109][110] However, other outcomes were studied such as neurological diseases, 14,96,97,100,109,110 birth outcomes 95,104,105 and respiratory diseases.…”