Table 3.
Main lifelong occupational exposures among CONSTANCES participants*
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Per cent | n | Per cent | |
| Repetitive and time-constrained job | 3170 | 10.0 | 3220 | 8.7 |
| Alternating times shift-based job | 6275 | 19.9 | 5556 | 15.0 |
| Noisy environment | 9938 | 31.5 | 7986 | 21.5 |
| Physically difficult work | 8572 | 27.1 | 6709 | 18.1 |
| Biological exposure, infectious risk | 4269 | 13.5 | 9770 | 26.3 |
| Exhaust gases† | 4378 | 13.9 | 901 | 2.4 |
| Solvents, diluents, degreasing agents‡ | 7258 | 23.0 | 3711 | 10.0 |
| Fumes§ | 4599 | 14.6 | 826 | 2.2 |
| Dust¶ | 9562 | 30.3 | 4594 | 12.4 |
| Fuel** | 3109 | 9.8 | 436 | 1.2 |
| Other nuisances†† | 8935 | 28.3 | 4295 | 11.6 |
* Crude prevalences among participants from data available in January 2016 (n=68 679).
†Diesel engines, petrol engines.
‡Petrol, trichloroethylene, white spirit, cellulose diluent, formaldehyde, other.
§Welding, brazing or oxygen cutting fumes, plastic or rubber fumes, fumes generated by heating or burning other materials.
¶Dust from construction materials (cement dust, asbestos-cement dust, sand dust, no-slump concrete dust), metal dust (iron, cast iron or low-carbon steel dust, stainless steel dust, copper dust, dust from other metals), plastic or rubber dust, coal dust, wood dust, textile dust, other.
**Diesel oil, petrol.
††Pesticides, fertilisers, asbestos, glass wool or rock wool, other insulating materials, paint, varnish, ink, stains, other chemicals.