In 1951, tuberculosis was added to the statutory list of prescribed occupational diseases in the UK, giving some workers the right to financial compensation. This article explores the long campaign to define TB as an illness linked to employment, investigating an area neglected in the historiography...
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....
Latza U, Baur X (2005) Occupational obstructive airway diseases in Germany: frequency and causes in an international comparison. Am J Ind Med 48(2):144–152. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim,20186 Article PubMed Google Scholar Leensen MCJ, Dreschler WA (2014) Longitudinal changes in hearing...
Viruses are considered to be the most abundant biological particles and have the capability to infect all forms of life leading to a variety of diseases. American workers in specific occupational environments are threatened by viral exposures, highlighting the importance to recognize the type and risk...
It is usually of the mixed type, affecting both the middle and the inner ears. Deafness due to a hyperbaric environment figures on the list of occupational diseases. Occupational deafness of toxic origin is exceptional nowadays. 展开 年份: 1990 ...
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 ...
© Informa UK Limited, an Informa Group Company Expertsoccupational diseasespreventive policyregistriesstakeholdersOccupational illnesses and accidents impose a heavy burden on both workers and employers and represent enormous economic costs. This burden could be substantially reduced through preventive measures...
Geographic cancer epidemiology in the UK shows higher levels of many diseases in terms of standardized mortality rates (SMRs) in urban or other polluted areas in Britain, correlating excess morbidity with excess air pollution (see Chapter 3). The London “killer fog” incident in 1952, ...
Interstitial lung diseases IOM: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, UK LSLTP: Low-solubility low-toxicity particles M: Mouse MAK: MAK limit value (Maximale Arbeitsplatz-Konzentration) MIP 2: Macrophage inflammatory protein 2 MLE: Maximum likelihood estimates MMAD: Mass median aer...
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