The Offshore-cohort
The cohort is also called the NOPW-cohort, which is an abbreviation of «Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers»
Data collection: Through questionnaires delivered to individual who were believed to have worked offshore in the period 1965-1998. The survey was conducted in 1998.
Number: 28 000 offshore workers
Period: 1965-1998
Type of data: The data were self-reported through questionnaires. The questionnaire included questions about occupational history, socioeconomic conditions (marital status, education, children), lifestyle (diet, tobacco, alcohol, physical activity) and working environment factors such as exposure to fiber, dust and chemicals.
Related projects: «Exposure-related risks of cancer in petroleum workers»
The Heliport-cohort
Data collection: From the nine included operator companies, the Cancer Registry will receive an overview of all offshoreworkers who have been offshore since 1980. In addition we will conduct a survey sent directly to the offshore workers.
Number: data collection is in the planning stages
Period of occupational activity for this cohort: 1980–2020
Type of data: Personal data (company, name, national identity number, telephone, education, position, job category), transport data (position, role, purpose, travel number, exit/entry, and length of stay on offshore installation, shift plan, status of stay), occupational history (position number, position, start and end of position, whether they work offshore and have shift work) and lifestyle factors (diet, physical activity, sun exposure, sleep, alcohol, tobacco).
Related projects: «Benzene-related risk of cancer among offshore workers»
