Resources

Open access materials, tools, and publications created in INTERCAMBIO

Materials

Flyers, videos and promotional material

INTERCAMBIO Project Brochure

Tools

Reports, documents, databases and links

Objective 1

To promote the most advanced research tools and methods

External and internal exposome methods

Data collection protocols

Co-creation methods

Data collection protocols

Online living review of interventions

Interactive infographics of previous studies of construction workers, and of recycling workers

External and internal analysis protocols

Data analysis protocols

Objective 2

To evaluate potential short-term and long-term mental and physical health effects of occupational heat, cold, and solar UV radiation exposure

Cohort consortium

Initial consortium of participating cohort studies

Overview of cohorts

Please see our inventory of occupational cohort studies and occupational exposure assessment tools 

Objective 3

To evaluate impacts of specific workplace interventions on mental and physical health of workers in key jobs and industries

Outdoor construction workers

Health care workers

Public transit workers

Renewable energy/wind turbine workers

Waste management/recycling workers

Objective 4

To model socio-economic impacts of workplace interventions and to develop a policy framework for social protection and decent green jobs in Europe

Coming Soon

Objective 5

To coordinate multi-level stakeholder engagement and development of a new health research agenda

Multi-level stakeholder mapping

Results of a stakeholder survey

Publications

WP1. Methodological Toolbox

  • Godderis L. Co-creation methods in climate change and occupational health: the EU INTERCAMBIO project. ICOH 2024: 34th International Congress in Occupational Health.Occupational Medicine Volume 74, Supplement 1, July 2024. Abstract citation ID: kqae023.0295
    Link: https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/74/Supplement_1/0/7707010

WP2. Job Exposure Matrices

  • Grahn K, Scholten B, Pronk A, Kingma B, de Crom TOE, Kolstad HA, Stokholm Z, Philipsen P, Ghosh M, Godderis L, Guseva Canu I, Krummenacher M, Albin M, Rydenstrand G, Viegas S, Mehlum IS, Basagana X, Turner MC, Selander J. New quantitative job exposure matrices (JEMs) and occupational measurements of heat, cold, and solar UV radiation in EU INTERCAMBIO project. Occupational and Environmental Medicine Jul 2025, 82 (Suppl 1) A36.
    Link: https://oem.bmj.com/content/82/Suppl_1/A36.2.info
  • de Crom TOE, Scholten B, Traini E, van der Sanden K, Kingma B, Pekel F, Ghosh M, Notø H, Turner MC, Alba Hidalgo MA, Klous L, Albin M, Kolstad HA, Selander J, Pronk A. Exposure to heat at work: development of a quantitative European job exposure matrix (heat JEM). Scand J Work Environ Health. 2025 Aug 9:4243.
    Link: https://www.sjweh.fi/article/4243

  • de Crom TOE, Shen Y, Scholten B, Traini E, van der Sanden, Kingma B, Pekel F, Ghosh M, Noto H, Turner MC, Alba Hidalgo MA, Kous L, Albin A, Kolstad H, Selander J, Ge C, Pronk A. 8285396. Occupational heat stress in The Netherlands: annual exposure estimates from 2020 to 2023. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2025;82:A157.
    Link: https://oem.bmj.com/content/82/Suppl_2/A157.2

WP3. Heat, Cold and Solar UV Impact

  • Hinchliffe A, Vallbona-Vistós M, Alguacil J, Kogevinas M, Uuksulainen S, Aragonés N, Tardón A, Vioque J, Ward MH, Rabkin CS, Camargo MC, Pelucchi C, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P, Turner MC. 2025. Occupational heat exposure and stomach cancer risk in a pooled analysis of two Spanish case-control studies in the Stomach cancer Pooling Project – StoP consortium. Cancer Epidemiology, 99:102938.

    Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2025.102938

  • Scholten, B, Gorny, A.W, Paulo, M.S, Viegas, S, Oude Hengel, K.M, Wils, R.S, Rijck, E.D, Koks, M.S, Boone, A, Turner, M.C, Mehlum, I.S, Broberg, K, Pronk, A, Lammers-van der Holst, H.M., Straif, K, Ghosh, M. A systematic review on biomarkers for assessing health effects of heat and cold exposures in occupational settings.13th International Symposium on Biological monitoring (ISBM13) 2025

    Link: https://isbm13.studioprogress.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ABSTRACT-BOOK.pdf.

WP4. Construction Workers

WP5. Health Care Workers

WP6. Public Transit Workers

  • Guseva-Canu I. Public transport and health: can professional bus drivers achieve symbiosis? (the EU INTERCAMBIO project). ICOH 2024: 34th International Congress in Occupational Health.Occupational Medicine Volume 74, Supplement 1, July 2024. Abstract citation ID: kqae023.0296.
    Link: https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/74/Supplement_1/0/7707009
  • Krummenacher M, Remy V, Charreau T, Guseva Canu I. Does eco-driving assistance influence bus drivers’ work and well-being? the protocol of a pragmatic pseudo-randomized controlled trial within the INTERCAMBIO project. Occupational and Environmental Medicine Jul 2025, 82 (Suppl 1) A37.
    Link: https://oem.bmj.com/content/82/Suppl_1/A37.1
  • Krummenacher M, Tarvainen M, Montet E, Turner MC, Guseva Canu I. 2025. Which device is most suitable for measuring heart rate variability in the field? A comparative evaluation of two leading options. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 67(9):717-722.
    Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40561207/

WP7. Renewable Energy Workers

  • Stokholm Z. Interventions to reduce skin sensitisation to epoxy resins and dermatitis in the windmill blade manufacturing industry: the EU INTERCAMBIO project. ICOH 2024: 34th International Congress in Occupational Health.Occupational Medicine Volume 74, Supplement 1, July 2024. Abstract citation ID: kqae023.0297.
    Link: https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/74/Supplement_1/0/7707008

  • Turuban M, Gorny AW, Silva Paulo M, Viegas S, Turner MC, Kolstad HA. Promoting physical and mental well-being in renewable energy sector: A co-creation, intervention, and quasi-experimental study in European wind-turbine blade manufacturing. Occupational and Environmental Medicine Jul 2025, 82 (Suppl 1) A37.
    Link: https://oem.bmj.com/content/82/Suppl_1/A37.2.info

WP8. Waste and Recycling Workers

  • Viegas S, Broberg K. Interventions to improve the work environment of metal recycling workers: the EU INTERCAMBIO project. ICOH 2024: 34th International Congress in Occupational Health.Occupational Medicine Volume 74, Supplement 1, July 2024. Abstract citation ID: kqae023.0298.
    Link: https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/74/Supplement_1/0/7706899

  • Stajnko A, Dock E, Linder R, Engfeldt M, Leeman M, Åkerberg Krook E, Assarsson E, Enquist H, Dahlqvist C, Ek Å, Bodin T, Snigireva A, Levi M, Grahn K, Rydenstrand G, Amir Taher E, Runström G, Björ B, Bertilsson H, Wiebert P, Dahlman Höglund A, Modig L, Albin M, Broberg K. Exposure to metals in workers from the metal recycling industry: GreenMetalWaste study in Sweden.Occupational and Environmental Medicine Jul 2025, 82 (Suppl 1) A6-A7;
    Link:     https://oem.bmj.com/content/82/Suppl_1/A6.2

  • Stajnko A, Levi M, Engfeldt M, Linder R, Leeman M, Krook EA, Assarsson E, Enquist H, Dahlqvist C, Ek Å, Loven K, Bodin T, Snigireva A, Grahn K, Kippler M, Rydenstrand G, Amir Taher E, Eden GR, Björ B, Bertilsson H, Wiebert P, Dahlman Höglund A, Modig L, Albin M, Broberg K, Dock E. 2026. Metal and dust exposure in workers from the metal recycling industry in Sweden: cross-sectional GreenMetalWaste study. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 271;114694.
    Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2025.114694

  • Stajnko A, Dock E, Linder R, Engfeldt M, Leeman M, Åkerberg Krook E, Assarsson E, Enquist H, Dahlqvist C, Ek Å, Bodin T, Snigireva A, Levi M, Grahn K, Rydenstrand G, Amir Taher E, Runström G, Björ B, Bertilsson H, Wiebert P, Dahlman Höglund A, Modig L, Albin M, Broberg K. Exposure to indium, gallium, germanium and tungsten among Swedish recycling workers. 13th International Symposium on Biological Monitoring (ISBM13) 2025.
    Link: https://isbm13.studioprogress.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ABSTRACT-BOOK.pdf.

WP9. Socio-Economic Impacts

WP10. Policy Framework

  • Miraka O, Svensson S, Parsa A. Developing a policy framework for green jobs and climate resilience with an occupational health perspective. Occupational and Environmental Medicine Jul 2025, 82 (Suppl 1) A52-A53.
    Link: https://oem.bmj.com/content/82/Suppl_1/A52.3.info

WP11. New Health Research Agenda

  • Turner MC, Straif K, Kogevinas M, Schubauer-Berigan MK. Five decades of occupational cancer epidemiology. Scand J Work Environ Health Online-first -article 23 Sep 2024.
    Link: https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4190
  • Turner MC, Basagaña X, Albin M, Broberg K, Burdof A, van Daalen KR, Guseva Canu I, Kolstad HA, Kogevinas M, Lowe R, Pearce N, Pega F, Saget C, Schubauer-Berigan MK, Svensson S, Vineis P, Straif K. 2025. Occupational health in the era of climate change and the green transition: a call for research. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, 54:101353.
    Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101353

  • Njoroge M, Turner M, Svensson S, Turuban M, Stanulovic S, Burdorf A, Albin M, Kogevinas M, Pearce N. 8272158. Defining a European Health Research Agenda for Climate-Resilient Work: Insights from a Stakeholder Survey. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2025;82:A54.
    Link: https://oem.bmj.com/content/oemed/82/Suppl_2/A54.2.full.pdf

WP12. Project Management

  • Albin M, Wifaq K. SS50 Climate change and occupational health: International perspectives and highlights from the EU INTERCAMBIO project. ICOH 2024: 34th International Congress in Occupational Health. Occupational Medicine Volume 74, Supplement 1, July 2024.
    Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqae023.0293

  • Turner MC, Basagaña X, Broberg K, Burdorf A, Guseva Canu I, Kolstad HA, Pearce N, Pronk A, Selander J, Mehlum IS, Svensson S, Albin M, Ghosh M, Godderis L, Scholten B, Straif K, Viegas S, Julvez J, Kogevinas M. INTERCAMBIO: Promoting mental and physical health in changing working environments (climate change, sustainable work, and green jobs). ISEE 2024: 36th Annual Conference of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. Environmental Health Perspectives ISEE Conference Abstracts Volume 2024, Issue 1.
    Link: https://doi.org/10.1289/isee.2024.0956

  • Turner MC, Basagaña X, Broberg K, Burdorf A, Gorny A, Guseva Canu I, Kolstad H, Pearce N, Pronk A, Selander J, Mehlum IS, Svensson S, Albin M, Ghosh M, Godderis L, Scholten B, Straif K, Viegas S, Julvez J, Kogevinas M. TO26-05. Advancing mental and physical health in changing working environments: the EU INTERCAMBIO project. Abstracts of the Joint Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology 2025. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol (2025).
    Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-025-00801-2

  • Turner MC. 8000006. Promoting mental and physical health of workers in times of climate change and the green transition: the EU INTERCAMBIO project. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2025;82:A28.
    Link: https://oem.bmj.com/content/82/Suppl_2/A28.2

WP13. Network Cluster Activities

  • De Moortel D, Turner MC, Arensman E, Nguyen ABVD, Gonzalez V. Improving health-promoting workplaces through interdisciplinary approaches. The example of WISEWORK-C, a cluster of five work and health projects within Horizon-Europe. Scand J Work Environ Health, Online first article: Published online: 23 Jun 2025.
    Link: https://www.sjweh.fi/article/4238

  • Gonzalez V, Moortel DD, Turner M, Arensman E, Schweiker M. 8000005. Introducing WISEWORK-C. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2025;82:A27-A28.
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    Link: https://oem.bmj.com/content/82/Suppl_2/A27.2?utm_source=researchgate