These interactive tools allows you to explore which exposures (chemical, physical, ergonomic, work organizational, and psychosocial aspects) may occur in which occupational group as well as the size of the exposed population. In addition, information is available on chemicals for risk assessment.
Interactive tool on exposures by occupational group
European occupational exposure exploration tool
Explore potential chemical, physical, ergonomic, work organizational, and psychosocial exposures and exposed population sizes by occupational group and country.
Existing population-, industry- or occupational cohorts are an invaluable resource for studying the working life exposome in relation to health. Combining evidence from multiple cohorts will enable to study multiple working life exposures as well as vulnerable life stages and subgroups.
Missing factors
Missing lifestyle factors and other covariates
A guidance on how to include lifestyle factors and other covariates in cohorts in which this information is not present.
Data analyses
Data analyses methods
Exposome data analyses methods including multiple exposure response, exposure time response, hierarchical regression and decay functions
Mega Cohort
Making use of multiple occupational cohorts
Overview of EPHOR results and future needs for encouragement of future research.
External exposure measurements in occupational health sciences, are still predominantly based on time-consuming and expensive field work and laboratory analysis. Moreover, internal exposures are mostly neglected. Within EPHOR we developed a set of sophisticated research tools and methods making it possible to measure the external and internal exposome in health studies.
External exposome methods
Measuring external exposures and context
Protocols and guidelines for using sensors, passive sampling and ecological momentary assessments, including ethical considerations.
Biomarkers
Biological sampling
Protocols for (noninvasive) biological sampling and tool for visualizing biological networks.
Exposome study examples
EPHOR case studies
Two case studies were performed in which high resolution external and internal exposure and mechanistic data was collected at the individual level to study early markers of disease and disease mechanisms and explore high resolution exposure-response relations.
Health impact assessment of exposome data require methods to incorporate the life course and co-exposures to multiple risks into HIA frameworks.
Guidance on impact assessment
Decay functions
Guidance on methodology to determine whether to include a decay function in epidemiology and impact assessment: document with a flow diagram referring to the paper.
Impact assessment
Tools and guidance for exposome HIA simulation studies
Includes guidance & recommendations, R & STATA codes and illustrative case study results.
Working Life Expectancy
Tools and guidance for calculation of Working Life Expectancy (WLE)
Tool to calculate working life expectancy, guidance and illustative graphics.
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Tools for OSH professionals
Exposome research and new technologies offer new possibilities for OSH professionals in their daily practice. Various tools are made available which help OSH professionals in their work.
Tools for policy makers
EPHOR will create a new and growing scientific knowledge base on the working-life exposome in relation to non-communicable diseases, providing the basis for data-driven and effective policy making.