In This Issue of Occupational Medicine

This issue ofOccupational Medicine also has links to a ‘virtual issue’ which explores a number of occupational safety and health issues from around the globe. The virtual issue collects together a number of previously published research papers collated by the deputy editor Dipti Patel. In the virtual issue editorial, also published in this paper iss ue, Will Ponsonby explains the estimated global burden of work-related disease, emphasizing that the burden is particularly heavy in low- and middle-income countries, where the health and safety law and its application are not as well implemented, and reminds the reader that the vast majority of wor kplace accidents and diseases are preventable [1]. The virtual issue papers examine the health and safety implications of recruitment payments in migrant workers in the construction industry in the Middle East [2]; acute respiratory symptoms among sisal workers in Tanzania [3]; the cancer incidence and mortality burden in China from occupational and environmental sources [4]; silicosis in platinum mine workers in South Africa [5]; the effect of childhood labour on final adult height in Brazil [6]; the occupational health of small-scale fishermen in Turkey [7]; the effect of job stressors on smoking cessation in Malaysian males [8]; the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in certain occupational groups in Pakistan [9]; fatal occupational injuries in northwest Russia [10]; gambling problems in casino employees in South Korea [11] and f...
Source: Occupational Medicine - Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research