Carter T. The biology of occupational diseases and the pace of prevention: An historical study of UK control measures. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety. 2003; 1 (2):83–96. The strength of the British government in occupational health reform initiatives is emphasised in....
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Some international orientation is provided by the “List of Occupational Diseases recommended by the ILO” [21]. How must employers protect their employees and others from harm? Workplace risk assessments are a legal requirement [22]. For occupational risk assessments, the UK’s Management of ...
Diseases of low incidence (and even thought eradicated) should not be forgotten despite the low likelihood any particular clinician will see one of these diseases in clinic. Yes, if you hear hoofbeats, think of horses – but that does not mean you should forget that zebras are out there. As...
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(International Labour Organization and WHO, 1950). Diseases related to occupations, always an essential part of public health, increasingly relate toenvironmental health, but to other fields as well. The worker is also a member of a family and a breadwinner, so the health of the worker is ...
(so-called brown lung) involves constriction of the bronchi and results from excessive exposure to cotton dust.Asbestosisand related diseases have already been described (see above). A pernicious form of pneumoconiosis calledberylliosisdevelops after exposure to beryllium dust. However, only a ...
We also conducted sensitivity analyses on the so-called expanded CVD mortality, consisting of cardiovascular disease (ICD-9 codes 390-459), plus diabetes (ICD-9 code 250), plus kidney diseases (ICD-9 codes 580-589), to account for the common practice of physicians in Taiwan to enter ...
Plans also need to be executed to ensure the workers have accurate information regarding potential exposures. CDC has also implemented engineering controls and personal protective equipment resources to help reduce exposure to blood-borne infectious diseases, such as viral hepatitis and HIV (CDC2016b)....
Occupational injuries are distinct from occupational diseases in that they are caused by acute exposure in the workplace to physical agents such as mechanical energy, electricity, chemicals, and ionizing radiation, or from the sudden lack of essential agents such as oxygen or heat. Examples of ...