Workers’ Exposure Survey (WES) on cancer risk factors in Europe

Introduction

The survey aims to better identify the cancer risk factors responsible for most of the exposures, providing an accurate and comprehensive overview that can contribute to preventive measures, awareness-raising and policy-making, ultimately helping in the fight against occupational cancer. The survey was conducted by local interviewers in Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Hungary and Finland between September 2022 and February 2023 using CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview), completing 24,402 valid interviews in total, with 2,500 respondents in Ireland.

EU-OSHA dataset links:

• https://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/occupational-cancer-risk-factors-europe-first-findings-workers-exposure-survey
• https://osha.europa.eu/en/oshnews/workers-exposure-survey-dataset-now-available-research