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....
© 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...
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...
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...
Fast referral triages supports earlier interventions and return to work Civica Occupational Health key features: Tackle today’s workforce challenges including lifestyle diseases, an aging working population and the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases. ...
To date, there have been occupational exposure limits (OEL) established for mineral oil (straight fluid) only, in spite of the fact that an increased risk for several cancer types, respiratory diseases and skin disorders was found to be associated with the water-soluble fluid types, including ...
Among them, four had to be excluded, three because of other CNS diseases (two with brain tumours and one with sequelae after a cerebral stroke), and one because she was over 70 years of age. As a consequence, we ended up with 91 participants who were both interviewed and underwent ...
Special preference is given to papers concerning industrial hygiene, preventive medicine, diagnosis and treatment of occupational diseases, physiology and psychology of work, toxicological research, environmental toxicology, and epidemiological studies devoted to occupational and environmental problems. Manuscripts...
Actually tropical medicine, infectious diseases and parasitological research areas constituted more than 50% of the published documents from Arab countries. Furthermore, the results of our study showed that journals in the field of tropical medicine have a good share from public, environmental and ...
In a first step, we compiled a list of all diseases mentioned as outcomes in these papers. Morbidity studies as well as mortality studies were considered. In a further step it was decided that mainly mortality should be considered as an outcome, because then a retrospective part of the ...