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Methods Inf Med 1990; 29(02): 146-152
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634771
Epidemiology and Health Care
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Computer-Assisted Elaboration of Job Histories

J.M. Martin
1   NSERMU. 115, Santéau Travail et Santé Publique: Méthodes et Applications, Nancy, France
,
A. Mouaddib
1   NSERMU. 115, Santéau Travail et Santé Publique: Méthodes et Applications, Nancy, France
,
P. Robaux
2   Association Lorraine des Services de Médecine du Travail, Nancy, France
› Author AffiliationsThe authors would like to thank Mrs J. Guerin, company nurse, for her help and the occupational physicians for their contribution to this research. We are also greatly indebted to Mrs A. Croquin, Technician of INSERM, for typing this manuscript.
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06 February 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Three ways are proposed to help the occupational physician in constructing a worker’s job history or Curriculum Laboris (CL) with a PC. The quality and, therefore, the usefulness of any job history is greatly conditioned by the method and quality of data collection. The Curriculum Laboris method explained in a previous article has been briefly summarized as a basis of departure. Then, the workers who were submitted to special medical surveillance were considered. After this, the scrolling menu technique was applied in the elaboration of a job history. Finally, the authors show how the representation of company organization by means of a job exposure matrix (JEM) can help to efficiently elaborate job histories.

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Job History - Curriculum Laboris - Occupational Risks - Surveillance - Computer
 

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