Kang Dongmug, Jung Saemi, Kim Yun-Ji, Kim Juyoung, Choi Sangjun, Kim Se Yeong, Kim Youngki
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam, Republic of Korea.
Department of Preventive and Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Saf Health Work. 2021 Mar;12(1):74-95. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2020.09.005. Epub 2020 Sep 20.
A job-exposure matrix (JEM) is an important surrogate indicator to evaluate past exposure levels. Although a Korean asbestos JEM has been constructed previously, this JEM includes only a few industrial and occupational groups. This study aimed to reconstruct the JEM by integrating the latest organized data to improve its utility.
We used recent Korean standard industry and occupation codes and extracted 36 articles from a systematic literature review to initiate the reconstruction of the previous Korean asbestos JEM. The resulting data consisted of 141 combinations of industrial and occupational groups. Data from the Netherlands's JEM were also reviewed and categorized into 70 industrial and 117 occupational groups by matching with the Korean data. We also utilized Germany's data, which consisted of 10 industrial and 14 occupational groups.
The reconstructed Korean asbestos JEM had 141 combinations of industries and occupations. The time periods are from the 1980s to the 2000s in 10-year intervals. Most of the data were distributed between the 1990s and the 2000s. Occupations with high exposure to asbestos included knitting and weaving machine operators, automobile mechanics or assemblers, ship mechanics or assemblers, mineral ore and stone products processing mechanics, and metal casting machine operators or mold makers.
The reconstructed Korean asbestos JEM has expanded the type and duration of the occupational groups of the previous JEM and can serve as an important reference tool for evaluating asbestos exposure and designing compensation and prevention policies in Korea.
工作接触矩阵（JEM）是评估过去接触水平的重要替代指标。尽管此前已构建了韩国石棉工作接触矩阵，但该矩阵仅涵盖少数行业和职业群体。本研究旨在通过整合最新的整理数据来重建工作接触矩阵，以提高其实用性。
我们使用了韩国最新的标准行业和职业代码，并从系统文献综述中提取了36篇文章，以启动对先前韩国石棉工作接触矩阵的重建。所得数据包括141个行业和职业群体的组合。还对荷兰工作接触矩阵的数据进行了审查，并通过与韩国数据匹配，将其分类为70个行业和117个职业群体。我们还利用了德国的数据，该数据由10个行业和14个职业群体组成。
重建后的韩国石棉工作接触矩阵有141个行业和职业组合。时间跨度为20世纪80年代至21世纪初，以10年为间隔。大部分数据分布在20世纪90年代至21世纪初。石棉高接触职业包括针织和编织机操作员、汽车机械师或装配工、船舶机械师或装配工、矿石和石材产品加工机械师以及金属铸造机操作员或模具制造工。
重建后的韩国石棉工作接触矩阵扩大了先前工作接触矩阵中职业群体的类型和持续时间，可作为评估韩国石棉接触以及设计补偿和预防政策的重要参考工具。
