Occupational Diseases

Occupational Diseases - Diseases due to factors involved in one's employment. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
Poisoning - A condition or physical state produced by the ingestion, injection or inhalation of, or exposure to a deleterious agent.

Occupational Diseases
Gulf War Syndrome
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Some well-known occupational diseases include:
Lung diseases
Occupational lung diseases include asbestosis among asbestos miners and those who work with friable asbestos insulation, ...

Dermal exposure to hazardous agents can result in a variety of occupational diseases and disorders, including occupational skin diseases (OSD) and systemic toxicity.

Other causes:
Drugs - e.g. amiodarone (anti-arrhythmic), methotrexate, d-penicillamine
Radiotherapy
Occupational diseases - coal, silica, asbestos;
Infections - e.g. influenza, acute pneumonitis due to other causes.

Criteria for a Recommended Standard - Occupational Exposure to Asbestos
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 72-10267 (1972)
Presents the criteria and standards for preventing occupational diseases arising from exposure to asbestos dust.

The following year this disease, as distinct from, and in addition to, classical silicosis, became compensable in the United Kingdom. Like all occupational diseases, black lung is man-made and can be prevented.

Many occupational abuses have been redressed by litigation and legislation in the United States, and workers' compensation takes care, by a system of insurance, of those who suffer from occupational diseases.

See also: Occupational Disease, Prevention, Lung Disease, Symptom, Cancer