Organization of data collection and matching for the epidemiological surveillance of workers who may be exposed to nanomaterials in France (EpiNano)

The purpose of the EpiNano program is to monitor workers who may be exposed to intentionally produced nanomaterials in France. This program is based both on industrial hygiene data collected in businesses for the purpose of gauging exposure to nanomaterials at workstations and on data from self-administered questionnaires completed by participants. These data will subsequently be matched with health data from national medical-administrative databases (passive monitoring of health events). Follow-up questionnaires will be sent regularly to participants. This paper describes the arrangements for optimizing data collection and matching.