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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Occupational disease"”.
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Qualität anamnestischer und lungenfunktionsanalytischer Daten zur Prüfung des Risikos der chronischen obstruktiven Bronchitis und/oder des Lungenemphysems bei Bergleuten im Uranerzbergbau
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with or without Emphysema is a recognised occupational disease among black coal miners. This survey conducts whether the requirements for the criteria are met to recognise this occupational disease for uranium-ore-miners as well. The former workers of theWismut …
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Querschnittstudie zur Prävention von enzyminduziertem allergischem Asthma bronchiale in einer Waschmittelfirma
… 22 employees must be considered as having an occupational disease concerning allergic rhinitis and 9 employees must be considered as having a work related enzymatic asthma. The employees of severity code two and three should be reevaluated by the company physician to find out if this suspicion …
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Workers' compensation claims for occupational Tuberculosis in South African health care workers: A survey of process and outcomes
Background Occupational TB is the most frequently reported occupational disease in health care workers (HCWs) in South Africa. With the emergence of drug resistant strains and their associated health risks, and the associated increased risk for contracting these strains for HCWs, it becomes …
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Silicosis among Cape gemstone workers : tigers' eye pneumoconiosis
Silicosis continues to be an important occupational disease in South Africa, particularly in small, poorly regulated industries. A case series is described of six workers who developed silicosis whilst involved in the processing of semi-precious gem stones. They had been employed as stone sculptors …
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“They sent me home to die” – occupational diseases and the gold mining industry in post-apartheid South Africa
… the inadequacy of the legislative mechanism for occupational disease and injury, the potential of the Trust in providing for meaningful compensation must fall under scrutiny. The role that compensation plays in the broader context of remedial justice will therefore be analysed to consider where …
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Fighting For Survival: Coal Miners And The Struggle Over Health And Safety In The United States, 1968-1988
<p>My dissertation focuses on coal mining and occupational health and safety in the United States from 1968 to 1985. In the late 1960s, coal miners faced the constant risk of injury, occupational disease, and death. The dangerous conditions in the coal industry resulted in a massive explosion at …
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Monitoring occupational and environmental health as part of the right to the highest attainable standard of health
Background: Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) is a major contributor to global Burden of Diseases (BoD). State Parties (SPs) to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) are obligated to implement the Right to Health (RtH); which includes improving …
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A consideration of the fault standard in a claim for additional compensation under s 56(1) of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Disease Act
… legislation is the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act 3 of 1993 ('the COIDA'). The COIDA extinguishes an employee's common law rights to sue the employer for damages4 and instead introduces a no-fault system of compensation in which the employee is guaranteed an …
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A Study on the Relationship between Fire fighters’ Stress and Condition of Their Health
… perceive stress (P<.001), and those who have an occupational disease, diseases, and other disease findings indicate higher stress perception than those who don’t(P<.001). 4. With respect to the relation with condition of their health, it was revealed that those who exhibited otorhinolaryngologic, …
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Factores asociados a la enfermedad discal lumbar de origien laboral calificados por la junta de calificación de invalidez regional de Meta, entre 2001 y 2014
La enfermedad de disco lumbar de origen laboral se presenta como una patología frecuente a nivel mundial en la masa trabajadora de diferentes sectores económicos expuesta a factores de riesgo biomecánico, afectando negativamente a la persona como ser individual y social, y repercutiendo en las …
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Prevalencia de patologías osteomusculares del miembro superior y su relación con factores ocupacionales en trabajadores de una empresa de flores. Bogotá 2015
Antecedentes: Las patologías osteomusculares del miembro superior son una importante causa de morbilidad laboral a nivel mundial y en nuestro país, particularmente en el sector de la floricultura. Del desarrollo de estos desórdenes se derivan importantes costos derivados del ausentismo laboral, …
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Caracterización de las condiciones de salud respiratoria de los trabajadores expuestos a polvo de carbón en minería subterránea en Boyacá año 2013
Objetivo: Caracterizar las condiciones de salud respiratoria y establecer los factores de riesgo asociados al desarrollo de neumoconiosis en trabajadores expuestos a polvo de carbón que laboraron en minas de socavón en Boyacá durante el año 2013. Materiales y método: Se realizó un estudio …
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Radiación ultravioleta asociada a carcinoma basocelular en trabajadores de exteriores: revisión del alcance de la literatura, 2012-2023
Objetivo: Determinar en trabajadores de exteriores expuestos a radiación UV, la presencia de carcinoma basocelular (CBC). Metodología: Para llevar a cabo esta revisión de alcance de la literatura se siguió el marco de la declaración PRISMA modificada. La búsqueda de artículos entre 2012 y 2023 en …
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A study to characterise the “arsenic rash” observed at a copper smelter in Tsumeb, Namibia
… by 1000. Skin rashes are the most common occupational disease reported at the copper smelter. The underlying cause of these acute transient rashes have historically been attributed by smelter employees to arsenic exposure, as encapsulated in the widely-used term, “arsenic rash”. Previous …
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Percepción de los empleadores sobre la salud ocupacional en Colombia
Uno de los grandes problemas que se presentan en la relación laboral, son los diferentes riesgos a los que se encuentran expuestos los trabajadores en su puesto de trabajo y a su vez la necesidad que tienen las empresas en obtener utilidades y ser más competitivas en una economía globalizada, lo …