Impact of expert versus measurement-based occupational noise exposure estimates on exposure-response relationships

Friesen, Melissa C.; Davies, Hugh; Ostry, Aleck; Teschke, Kay; Demers, Paul A.

doi:10.1007/s00420-007-0274-0

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“…Standardised cumulative exposures were then obtained by summing up for each year in the exposure time window. This principle corresponds to the calculation of other standardised cumulative exposures such as ‘pack-years’ to express standardised doses of tobacco consumption 27 28…”

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Impact of occupational mechanical exposures on risk of lateral and medial inguinal hernia requiring surgical repair

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Impact of occupational mechanical exposures on risk of lateral and medial inguinal hernia requiring surgical repair

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“…For each individual, we calculated point-years, a cumulative estimate of physical workload, as number of employment years (adjusted to full-time employment) in a specific industry times the corresponding score of physical workload from the IEM and summarized across all registered employments (34). This calculation corresponds to the pack-year concept used for tobacco consumption.…”

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Risk and rate advancement periods of total hip replacement due to primary osteoarthritis in relation to cumulative physical workload

Rubak¹,

Svendsen²,

Søballe³

et al. 2013

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Risk and rate advancement periods of total hip replacement due to primary osteoarthritis in relation to cumulative physical workload by Rubak TS, Svendsen SW, Søballe K, Frost P This is the first longitudinal study examining the risk and timing of total hip replacement (THR) due to primary osteoarthritis in relation to independently assessed lifelong cumulative physical workload at a population level. Among men, the most highly exposed group had an odds ratio of 1.3, and in this group, THR was performed 3.4 years earlier in life. Original article Scand J Work Environ Health. 2013;39(5):486-494. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3365 Risk and rate advancement periods of total hip replacement due to primary osteoarthritis in relation to cumulative physical workload Objectives This study aims to (i) evaluate relative risks, excess fraction of cases, and rate advancement periods for total hip replacement (THR) due to primary osteoarthritis in relation to lifelong cumulative physical workload and (ii) describe temporal trends in the proportion employed in the most highly exposed industries from 1986-2006. AffiliationMethods In a cohort study of the Danish working population, we assessed cumulative physical workload by combining year-by-year register information on employment industry with an industry exposure matrix that provided point scores (0-2) of physical workload. Cumulative physical workload was expressed as point-years corresponding to the pack-year concept of smoking. We retrieved register information on first-time THR during 1996-2006 and used a logistic regression technique to fit discrete time hazards models adjusting for age and other factors. We calculated excess fraction of cases and rate advancement periods.Results Total numbers of point-years ranged from 0-86. For men, an exposure-response relation was observed reaching an odds ratio of 1.33 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.17-1.53] for the highest exposure category (35-86 point-years) compared to 0 point-years. The excess fraction of cases was 18%, and THR took place up to 3.4 years earlier with increasing exposure. For women, no exposure-response relation was found.Conclusions At the population level, cumulative physical workload increased the risk of THR among men, with surgery being performed slightly earlier in life. The proportion employed in the most highly exposed industries remained constant.

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“…Expert assessments are far from equivalent to measurements, but measurements were not available in our context of evaluation of noise exposures in jobs held a long time in the past. The validity of the different exposure assessement approaches depends on the exposure investigated (Friesen et al 2011;Friesen et al 2008;Money et al 2016). While individuals may be biased in their recall, expert opinion cannot account for the variation between work environments having identical job titles (Bhatti et al 2011;McGuire et al 1998).…”

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Validation of self-reported occupational noise exposure in participants of a French case–control study on acoustic neuroma

Deltour

Massardier-Pilonchéry

Schlehofer

et al. 2019

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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Impact of expert versus measurement-based occupational noise exposure estimates on exposure-response relationships

Cited by 8 publications

References 15 publications

Impact of occupational mechanical exposures on risk of lateral and medial inguinal hernia requiring surgical repair

Impact of occupational mechanical exposures on risk of lateral and medial inguinal hernia requiring surgical repair

Risk and rate advancement periods of total hip replacement due to primary osteoarthritis in relation to cumulative physical workload

Validation of self-reported occupational noise exposure in participants of a French case–control study on acoustic neuroma

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