An occupational disease or industrial disease is any chronic ailment that occurs as a result of work or occupational activity. It is an aspect of occupational...

occupational environment. According to the official estimates of the United Nations, the WHO/ILO Joint Estimate of the Work-related Burden of Disease...

Occupational lung diseases comprise a broad group of diseases, including occupational asthma, industrial bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

Occupational cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are diseases of the heart or blood vessels caused by working conditions, making them a form of occupational...

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long-term risks may be an increased risk of developing occupational disease, such as cancer or heart disease. In general, adverse health effects caused by short...

backgrounds when diagnosing and treating disease, and Bernardino Ramazzini in 1700 outlined many occupational ses in his book De Morbis Artificum. There...

An occupational infectious disease is an infectious disease that is contracted at the workplace. Biological hazards (biohazards) include infectious microorganisms...

increased psycho-social occupational stress. It is the occupational risk factor with the largest attributable burden of disease, according to these official...

which became rare following occupational exposure limits established around 1950. Berylliosis is an occupational lung disease. While there is no cure, symptoms...