B reast cancer has just been considered as an occupational disease in Denmark. Recent published studies showed that working on rotating night shifts was associated with a higher incidence of subsequent breast cancer among the female nurses and fl ight crews. 5,6 Many factors have association with the development of breast cancer. Some of these risk factors cannot be changed; those included age,...

Occupational exposure to high-molecular-weight allergens is a risk factor for the development and pathogenesis of IgE-mediated respiratory disease. In some occupational environments, workers are at an increased risk of exposure to fungal enzymes used in industrial production. Fungal enzymes have been associated with adverse health effects in the work place, in particular in baking occupations. ...

Á l'époque de la voile, les marins sont souvent morts d'accidents ou de maladie. Parmi les dangers inhérents à la vie maritime, le scorbut s'est transformé en une des maladies du métier les plus dévastatrices de l'histoire. Du seizième au dix-neuvième siècle les rapports indiquent qu'approximativement deux millions de marins sont morts de causes attribuées au scorbut, une maladie marquée par de...

This paper evaluates alternative rules of liability and compensation for occupational disease. The criterion applied is minimization of the sum of the costs associated with occupational disease, disease prevention, uninsured risk costs, and litigation and insurance overhead or transaction costs. Options considered include the workers' compensation system, the tort system, first party insurance,...

INTRODUCTION Due to growth of occupational diseases and also increase of public awareness about their consequences, attention to various aspects of diseases and improve occupational health and safety has found great importance. Therefore, there is the need for appropriate information management tools such as registries in order to recognitions of diseases patterns and then making decision about...

Most African countries are noted for poor occupational health and safety practices. However, despite numerous occupational health and safety advances in recent years, several occupational health and safety issues still proliferate in most African countries, particularly in Ghana. This study was a review paper aimed at unearthing key issues on occupational health and safety practices in Ghana. W...

Epidemiologic studies long have played a role in the understanding of the effects of the general environment and various occupational exposures on the occurrence of acute and chronic diseases of the lung. This article is an overview of epidemiologic study designs that have particular relevance to studies of environmental and occupational lung disease. The application of times-series designs in ...