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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Special Session 1 Occupational health and safety implications for the post pandemic workplace
Session introduction
The Covid 19 pandemic had and continues to have a significant impact on the world of work as we know it. From this global experience has emerged tragic reports of the devastating impact of the pandemic on organisations and…
The Covid 19 pandemic had and continues to have a significant impact on the world of work as we know it. From this global experience has emerged tragic reports of the devastating impact of the pandemic on organisations and…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Sleep, autonomic nervous system and cardiometabolic risk: occupational implications
Introduction: Indonesia has a worker population of more than 138 million, with 60,47% among them working in the informal sector. With only less than 200 Occupational Medicine Specialists and about 600 doctors with a master’s degree in Occupational…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Reform of Occupational Health Authority in China and its perspectives
Reform of Occupational Health Authority in China and its perspectives
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Reducing disease and death from Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) e Collegium Ramazzini Statement
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) is one of the world’s most dangerous occupations. The World Bank estimates that 100 million children, women and men work in ASM worldwide, mostly in remote rural areas of Low-income and Lower-middle-income…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Reconciling epidemiological and toxicological data: Some general principles and the example of firefighters
The fundamental relationship between toxicology and epidemiology is that increasing exposure results in an increasing response varying with the degree of individual susceptibility that at some point becomes either detectable and counted as an outcome…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Recent Approaches to Increase Access to BOHS for the Indonesian Worker Population by Government and Medical Schools
Introduction: Indonesia has a worker population of more than 138 million,with 60,47% among themworkingin theinformal sector.With only less than 200 Occupational Medicine Specialists and about 600 doctors with a master’s degree in Occupational…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Reaching industry milestones on noise induced hearing loss in the South African Mining Industry
Introduction: Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) continues to be a significant occupational disease in South African mines, accounting for 23.7% and 29% of all diseases in 2008 and 2019 respectively. Interventions: Through the tripartite Mine Health…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
RCS exposure and control measures for artificial stone work
Introduction: Recent outbreaks of silicosis among artificial stone workers have drawn attention to potentially high exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) during machining of these materials. Wet methods, though strongly recommended, may be…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Quality assurance approach for basic occupational health services provided by Primary Care Units (PCUs) in Thailand, an example for others?
Introduction: Total of 9,815 PCUs in Thailand are as a key mechanism for providing health services for all because their locations are close to the community. Integration of basic occupational health services (BOHS) in this setting is very crucial…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Protecting the Unprotected e Occupational health and safety among informal workers in Southern Africa
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that approximately 2 billion people, about 61% of all globally employed people, are in the informal economy. This statistic is substantially higher for continental Africa (approximately 86%), and…