Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 2 2020
Making the Difference in Occupational Health: Three Original and Significant Cases Presented at ICOH Congresses in the 20th Century (Original Article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 2 2020
Making the Difference in Occupational Health: Three Original and Significant Cases Presented at ICOH Congresses in the 20th Century (Original Article)
Making the Difference in Occupational Health: Three Original and Significant Cases Presented at ICOH Congresses in the 20th Century (Original Article)
Subject
Ancylostomiasis, Carbon disulphide poisoning, ICOH heritage repository, Occupational medicine, Vinyl chloride monomer
Description
Background: The aim of this study is to illustrate the historical role of the International Commission on
Occupational Health (ICOH) congresses as an arena where national and international occupational
medicine can dialogue and as the first example of scientific transferability of the research and prevention results that have had such an impact on global public health.
Methods: We used the ICOH Heritage Repository, in which ICOH congress proceedings (from the first
congress in Milan in 1906 to the last congress, held in Dublin in 2018), are organised in an orderly way,
updated and easily accessible according to open access logic.
Results: We describe studies by three physicians who submitted significant scientific work to ICOH
congresses, one on the battle against ancylostomiasis (Volante, 1906), the second (Quarelli, 1928) on carbon disulphide poisoning, and the third (Viola, 1969) on the carcinogenicity of vinyl chloride monomer. Priority is given to Italian cases, on account of the authors’ obvious familiarity with the issues.
Conclusion: The visibility offered in ICOH conferences and their published proceedings has boosted the international spread of their findings, contributing to the scientific transferability of the research results and influencing the development of policies and prevention interventions that have had a great impact on global public health.
Occupational Health (ICOH) congresses as an arena where national and international occupational
medicine can dialogue and as the first example of scientific transferability of the research and prevention results that have had such an impact on global public health.
Methods: We used the ICOH Heritage Repository, in which ICOH congress proceedings (from the first
congress in Milan in 1906 to the last congress, held in Dublin in 2018), are organised in an orderly way,
updated and easily accessible according to open access logic.
Results: We describe studies by three physicians who submitted significant scientific work to ICOH
congresses, one on the battle against ancylostomiasis (Volante, 1906), the second (Quarelli, 1928) on carbon disulphide poisoning, and the third (Viola, 1969) on the carcinogenicity of vinyl chloride monomer. Priority is given to Italian cases, on account of the authors’ obvious familiarity with the issues.
Conclusion: The visibility offered in ICOH conferences and their published proceedings has boosted the international spread of their findings, contributing to the scientific transferability of the research results and influencing the development of policies and prevention interventions that have had a great impact on global public health.
Creator
Sergio Iavicoli, Antonio Valenti, Caterina Barillari, Grazia Fortuna, Valeria Boccuni, Francesco Carnevale, Michele A. Riva, Seong-Kyu Kang, Luigi Tomassini
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
June 2020
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
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PDF
Language
English
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Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 2 2020
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Citation
Sergio Iavicoli, Antonio Valenti, Caterina Barillari, Grazia Fortuna, Valeria Boccuni, Francesco Carnevale, Michele A. Riva, Seong-Kyu Kang, Luigi Tomassini , “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 2 2020
Making the Difference in Occupational Health: Three Original and Significant Cases Presented at ICOH Congresses in the 20th Century (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 4, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1991.
Making the Difference in Occupational Health: Three Original and Significant Cases Presented at ICOH Congresses in the 20th Century (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 4, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1991.