Burden of Disease from Occupational Exposures

摘要: Workers may be exposed to physical, chemical, and biological hazards at work that lead occupational illness. Hazardous substance exposure routes include dermal inhalation ingestion. Families of workers also can face risks from toxic substances brought home on contaminated clothes or vehicles. This chapter estimates exposures harmful chemicals noise in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) calculates burden disease related selected hazards. Occupational health studies conducted UAE have revealed unsafe practices unhealthy working conditions many industry sectors, but majority who are potentially hazardous employed construction, agriculture, manufacturing. The covered this study were following approach by World Health Organization, covering common carcinogens, airborne particulates, noise, excluding injuries ergonomic stressors. estimated total number annual deaths due outcomes included is 47, health-care facility visits 17,160. In addition, model 4,770 cases noise-induced hearing loss occur each year. Of study, lung cancer leukemia responsible for highest (25 12, respectively). For visits, asthma chronic obstructive pulmonary contributed most with 11,854 5,012 respectively. It likely could reduce amount it spends medical care reducing respiratory irritants, workplaces. These numbers should not considered represent arising all exposures. Many prevalent hazards, such as stressors, excluded because focuses releases agents into environment a result human activities.