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Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 31/03/2021
1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION
Cohort name
  Workers biologically monitored (lead)
Country
 

  • Finland
Name
  Sanni Uuksulainen
Institution
  Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Email
  sanni.uuksulainen@ttl.fi
Or provide website
 

  • https://oem.bmj.com/content/oemed/74/11/785.full.pdf
Contact Principal Investigator (name)
  Sanni Uuksulainen
Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
  Health monitoring of Finnish workers exposure to lead
Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Prospective cohort
Source population (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Industry / occupation-based
Inclusion criteria
  Individuals were identified based on availability of blood lead measures during 1973-1983.
Exclusion criteria
  Individuals for whom measurements were done for non-occupational reasons
Enrollment
  Completed
Men at enrollment
  18344
Women at enrollment
  2408
2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP
Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Death certificate
  • Use of registers (specify)
3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Job-employment records
Occupational history/time frame
  Current, at enrollment
Occupational coding performed
  Yes
Occupation (specify coding system used)
 

  • ISCO-68
Types of exposure measurements
 

  • Biomarkers (see also section 5)
Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Job Exposure Matrix
  • Measurements (external sampling, biomarkers)
 

  • FIN-JEM
Main categories
 

  • Metals and metal oxides
Metals and metal oxides
 

  • Lead and all compounds
4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED
Follow-up - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
 

  • Death certificates
  • Registry-based
Registry-based
 

  • Employment status
Outcome type (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Mortality
  • Morbidity
  • Disability
Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
 

  • C + D Neoplasms
  • E Endocrinological disease
  • E Malnutrition and obesity
  • E Metabolism disease
  • F Mental disorders
  • G Disease in the nervous system
  • I Heart disease
  • I Cerebrovascular diseases
  • M Arthritis, arthrosis, systemic connective disorders, spine disorders
  • M Disorders of muscles, bones, synovialis, bursa, cartilage
5. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES & ANALYSIS
Biological samples collected
 

  • Blood
6. Other Information
 

  • Education
Possibility for linkage to data registries/data enrichment via data linkage
 

  • Employment status
  • Medication usage
  • Mortality register
  • Other (specify)
Specify: Other
  pension