The Recognition and Control of Occupational Disease

摘要: Occupational diseases account each year in the United States for an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 deaths and 350,000 new cases of illness. Often, however, occupational are not correctly diagnosed, because they mimic due other causes most physicians well trained their recognition. Opportunities prevention treatment therefore lost. The history is effective means proper diagnosis It should routinely be obtained every patient. A brief but systematic guide obtaining presented this report. Also, approaches summarized recognition such important as cancer, asbestosis respiratory disorders, neuropsychologic disorders. management depend on reduction hazardous exposures workplace better education workers, industrial managers, physicians. This report outlines a program control disease based (1) preventing workplace, (2) premarket toxicity testing chemicals technologies, (3) astute clinical diagnosis.