Background
Besides the specific information sources that are classified under the sections biological, chemical and physical agents, there are a number of other tools that might be useful to occupational hygienists. Below you can find some of them.

Professional literature ⇜ New ⇜
Scientific journals ⇜ New ⇜

• Annals of Work Exposures and Health formerly known as "Annals of Occupational Hygiene".
• Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Media library ⇜ New ⇜

• Medialounge of the FPS Public Health, the NIHDI and the FAMHP. Avenue Galilée 5, 1210 Brussels (near the Botanical Garden).

Legislation
Belgian legislation

• http://www.belgielex.be
• http://www.cass.be (Dutch and French)
• http://www.juridat.be (Dutch and French)
• http://www.staatsblad.be (Dutch, French and German)

Flemish legislation

• http://codex.vlaanderen.be (Dutch)
• https://navigator.emis.vito.be (Dutch)

Walloon legislation

• http://wallex.wallonie.be/ (Dutch, French and German)

Collective Labour Agreements (CLA)

• http://www.werk.belgie.be/searchCAO.aspx?id=4708# (Dutch and French)

Governmental websites

• http://www.beswic.be (Dutch and French)
• http://www.bib.belgium.be/
• http://www.employment.belgium.be

To keep informed
Classical newsletters

• Shift of paper towards email
• Often a compilation of different items, a lot of reading work
• Example: EU-GHS newsletter of www.ghshelpdesk.nl (Dutch)

RSS

• Really Simple Sindication
• RSS is mainly being used for weblogs, fora and newssites to keep you informed of the latest article/news
• You are ahead of newsletters and publications
• Often individual composing messages of a newsletter that will follow later
• Example: RSS  sign on www.ghshelpdesk.nl

Social media
LinkedIn

• discussiongroups are instructive
• Open or closed, general or specific…
• General: Prebes, Preventieadviseurs in België,…
• Specific: NVvA (closed), BOHS (closed), ACGIH (closed), AIHA,…

Twitter

• you are ahead of newsletters and publications
• you can make specific lists
• Persons versus organisations, open or closed, general or specific,…
• Click here for a short manual (Dutch)
• General: @Prebesvzw, @Kluwer_be, @INRSfrance
• Specific: @arbeidshygiene, @ACGIH, ‏@JohnCherrie, @tgeens,…

Apps for your smartphone
General

• AutoReply (Dutch) through Veilig Verkeer Nederland (Android)
• EHBO (Dutch) through Rode Kruis Nederland (Android, iPhone en Windows)

Specific for occupational hygiene

• ADR Dangerous Goods app through Beurtvaartadres (Android, iPhone)
• AIHA IHCalculator through AIHA (iPhone)
• Decibelmeter (Dutch) via FNV (Android, iPhone)
• Noise indicator through Swedish Work Environment Authority (Android)
• Gestis international limit values databank through DGUV (Android, iPhone)
• Heat Index (OSHA Heat Safety Tool) through OSHA (Android, Blackberry, iPhone)
• IHDig Industrial Hygiene Data Interpretation Game through AIHA (Android, iPhone)
• Tuut (Dutch) through Vlaamse Milieuadministratie LNE (Android, iPhone)
• www.iArbo.nl (Dutch) (iPhone Arbo Apps homepage of Ronald Hoevers)