Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) / Työterveyslaitos (TTL)

Introducing the OECD guidance document on occupational biomonitoring: A harmonized methodology for deriving occupational biomonitoring levels (OBL) (2025) Hopf NB, Bessems J, Santonen T, Viegas S, Casteleyn L, Poddalgoda D, Lamkarkach F, et al. Journal article A harmonized occupational biomonitoring approach (2024) Hopf NB, Rousselle C, Poddalgoda D, Lamkarkach F, Bessems J, Schmid K, Jones K, et al. Journal article Severely compromised supply of patch test allergens in Europe hampers adequate diagnosis of occupational and non-occupational contact allergy. A European Society of Contact Dermatitis (ESCD), European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) task forces ‘Contact Dermatitis’ and ‘Occupational Skin Disease’ position paper (2024) John SM, Bonertz A, Zimmer J, Aerts O, Bauer A, Bova M, Brans R, et al. Journal article HBM4EU chromates study – PFAS exposure in electroplaters and bystanders (2024) Göen T, Abballe A, Bousoumah R, Godderis L, Iavicoli I, Ingelido AM, Leso V, et al. Journal article Coordination of chemical analyses under the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU): Concepts, procedures and lessons learnt (2023) Vorkamp K, Esteban López M, Gilles L, Göen T, Govarts E, Hajeb P, Katsonouri A, et al. Journal article, Review article The HBM4EU chromates study – Outcomes and impacts on EU policies and occupational health practices (2023) Santonen T, Louro H, Bocca B, Bousoumah R, Duca RC, Fucic A, Galea KS, et al. Journal article, Review article Occupational contact allergy: The European perspective–Analysis of patch test data from ESSCA between 2011 and 2020 (2023) Bauer A, Pesonen M, Brans R, Caroppo F, Dickel H, Dugonik A, Larese Filon F, et al. Journal article The Use of Human Biomonitoring to Assess Occupational Exposure to PAHs in Europe: A Comprehensive Review (2022) Louro H, Gomes BC, Saber AT, Iamiceli AL, Göen T, Jones K, Katsonouri A, et al. Journal article, Review article Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium, Nickel and PAHs: A Mixtures Risk Assessment Approach Based on Literature Exposure Data from European Countries (2022) Tavares AM, Viegas S, Louro H, Göen T, Santonen T, Luijten M, Kortenkamp A, Silva MJ Journal article Patch test results with the European baseline series, 2019/20-Joint European results of the ESSCA and the EBS working groups of the ESCD, and the GEIDAC (2022) Uter W, Wilkinson SM, Aerts O, Bauer A, Borrego L, Brans R, Buhl T, et al. Journal article