Open AccessValidity of retrospective occupational exposure estimates of lead and manganese in a case–control study
Author(s) -
Jean-François Sauvé,
Joemy M. Ramsay,
Sarah J. Locke,
Pamela J. Dopart,
Pabitra R Josse,
Dennis D. Zaebst,
Paul S. Albert,
Kenneth P. Cantor,
Dalsu Baris,
Brian P. Jackson,
Margaret R. Karagas,
G. M. Monawar Hosain,
Molly Schwenn,
Alison Johnson,
Mark P. Purdue,
Stella Koutros,
Debra T. Silverman,
Melissa C. Friesen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.458
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1470-7926
pISSN - 1351-0711
DOI - 10.1136/oemed-2019-105744
Subject(s) - medicine , occupational exposure , occupational medicine , lead exposure , population , environmental health , epidemiology , case control study , lead (geology) , demography , cats , sociology , geomorphology , geology
The validity of surrogate measures of retrospective occupational exposure in population-based epidemiological studies has rarely been evaluated. Using toenail samples as bioindicators of exposure, we assessed whether work tasks and expert assessments of occupational metal exposure obtained from personal interviews were associated with lead and manganese concentrations.