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Prevention and compensation of ocupational diseases will work better by adding them into the official national or even supranational (WHO/ILO, EC) lists of occupational diseases.
For further development of this website (foreign aid for developing countries) readers are invited to contact: dr.muesch@occupational-diseases.de
Zitat: “Anders ist die Situation in den Ländern der Dritten Welt und den aufstrebenden Industrienationen. Es häufen sich die Berichte über schlechte Arbeitsbedingungen, die an die hier beschriebenen Verhältnisse im Ruhrkohlenbergbau bis 1952 erinnern. Die Arbeiter sind vielfältigen Gesundheitsgefahren ausgesetzt, die zwangsläufig zu schweren Krankheiten, Arbeitsunfähigkeit und einem vorzeitigen Tod führen. Die Betroffenen haben meist keine Aussicht auf eine Entschädigung. Es ist zu hoffen, dass in diesen Ländern die Regulierung der Berufskrankheiten schneller verschärft wird, als dies in Deutschland mit der Silikose der Fall war. Andernfalls ist davon auszugehen, dass die Zahl der Opfer von Berufskrankheiten weiter steigt.” (Christian Schürmann, WHU-Dissertation, Vallendar 2010)
Definition
Neither the United Nations (WHO / ILO) nor the European Community (EC) are presenting official definitions of occupational diseases for their member states.
Please ask for copies of the German legal version: dr.muesch@occupational-diseases.de.
Literature
GENERAL INFORMATION
Allen, D., Kazan-Allen, L. (Ed.):
Eternit and the Great Asbestos Trial – A tarnished empire is challenged by its Italian victims
IBAS-International Ban Asbestos Secretariat, London 2012
ANDEVA (Ed.):
The Turin Trial
The bulletin from ANDEVa / Italy No. 37, september 20011
Bonneterre, V., Faisandier, L., Bicout, D., Bernardet, C., Piollat, J., Ameille, J., de Clavière, C., Aptel, M., Lasfargues, G., de Gaudemaris, R.:
Programmed health surveillance and detection of emerging diseases in occupational health: contribution of the French national occupational disease surveillance and prevention network (RNV3P).
Occup. Environ. Med. 2010 ; 67 (3): 178-186.
Bonneterre, V., Bicout, D. J., Larabi, L., Bernardet, C., Maitre, A., Tubert-Bitter, P., de Gaudemaris, R.:
Detection of emerging diseases in occupational health : usefulness and limitations of the application of pharmacovigilance methods to the database of the French Occupational Disease Surveillance and Prevention network (RNV3P).
Occup. Environ. Med. 2008; 65 (1): 32-7.
Delin, B.:
Your body at work
Tryckindustri AB, Solna 1984
European Commission (Ed.):
Information notices on occupational diseases: a guide to diagnosis
(Observers: Dr. Franz Müsch, Representative of the Government Group)
Office for official publications, Luxembourg 2009
European Commission (Ed.):
Information notices on diagnosis of occupational diseases
Office for official publications: Report EUR 14768 EN, Luxembourg 1997
Faisandier, L., Bonneterre, V., De Gaudemaris, R., Bicout, D.:
Occupational Exposome: a network-based approach for characterizing occupational health problems.
J Biomed Inform. in press (2011)
International Labour Office (Ed.):
Recording and notification of…occupational diseases and ILO-list of occupational diseases
ILO-Report V (2B), Geneva 2002
Leigh, J. et al.:
Global Burden of Disease…Due to Occupational Factors
EPIDEMIOLOGY, 626- 631, 1999
Munich Re Group (Ed.):
Workers´ Compensation – Analysis of private and public systems
Order number: English 302-02765 (2000)
Munich Re Group (Ed.):
Occupational diseases – How are they covered under worker`s compensation systems?
Order number: English 302-03056 (2002)
Munich Re Group (Ed.):
Occupational diseases – Are they insurable?
Order number 302-04280 (2004)
Munich Re Group (Ed.):
Economic incentives: A reflection on workers` compensation systems
Order number 302-04733 (2005)
Munich Re Group (Ed.):
Asbestos: Anatomy of a mass tort
Order number 302-06142 (2009)
World Health Organization (Ed.):
Early Detection of Occupational Diseases
WHO 1987, ISBN-13: 978-9241542111
World Health Organization (Ed.):
Strengthening of health surveillance of working population
The use of international classification of diseases (ICD 10) in occupational health
(Annex II/Participants: Dr. F. H. Müsch, Germany)
WHO/OCH/98.1, Geneva 1998
AMBLYACOUSIA
Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsmedizin und Arbeitsschutz (Ed.),
(Authors:…Brockt, Brusis, Fendel, Heger, Müsch et al.):
Safe and Sound – Guide to Hearing-Conservation in the Music- and Entertainment-Industry
BAuA, Berlin/Dortmund 2011
Cardiology
Vyas, M. V. et al.:
Shift work and vascular events: systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ. 2012; 345:e4800
LUMBAR SYNDROME
Bovenzi, M., Hulshoff, C.T.J.:
An updated review of epidemiologic studies on the relationship between exposure to whole-body vibrations and low back pain
J. Sound and Vibration, 215, 4, 595-611 (1998)
Dupuis, H.:
Medical and occupational preconditions for vibration-induced spinal disorders: occupational disease no. 2110 in Germany
Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health 66/1994, 303-308
Koukoulaki, Th.:
Workers´ exposure to vibrations: council common position
TUTB Newsletter 17/2001, 16-18
Miosh, S. R.:
An epidemiological study of selected risk factors associated with low back pain amongst refuse truck drivers in the eThekwini Municipality
Thesis 2005, Faculty of Health, Durban Institute of Technology
Müsch, F. H.:
Lumbar syndrome by stochastic vibrations and shocks
Part I
Lumbar syndrome caused by “whole body”- vibration
(A poster presentation / please ask for copies: dr.muesch@occupational-diseases.de)
Part II
Disc-related lumbar spine disorders resulting from many years of predominantely vertical impact of “whole body”- vibrations when seated which forced the employee to discontinue any activities that were or could have been the cause for the onset, the aggravation or the reappearence of the disease
(Fact sheet concerning occupational disease no. 2110 of the Annex to the German Occupational Diseases Ordinance / please ask for copies: dr.muesch@occupational-diseases.de)
Putz, R.:
The vertebral column – A phylogenetic Failure?
Clinical Anatomy 9:205-212 (1996)
Seidel, H.:
On the Relationship between Whole-body Vibration Exposure and Spinal Health Risk
Industrial Health 2005; 43, 361-377
Stayner, R. M.:
Whole-body vibration and shock
HSE Books, 2001
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Brusis, T.:
From the Expert`s Office: Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx from Intensive and Longlasting Occupational Exposure to Aerosols of Sulfic Acid
Laryngo-Rhino-Otol, 323-325, 2012
Cherot-Kornobis, N. et al.:
Induced sputum, exhaled NO and breath condensate in occupational medicine
Occup. Environ. Med., 922-927, 2012
Jansing, P. J., Chanda, R., Gore, C., Küpper, Th.:
Profiles of occupational exposure in patients with wood dust-induced nasal carcinoma
Int J Occup Med Environ Health 16(4):329-35 (2003) PMID 14964642
Merchant, J. A. (Ed.):
Occupational respiratory diseases
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 86-102, 1986
Margolin, S. B. et al.:
Removal of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (asbestos-induced) by oral chemotherapy with pirfenidone.
Fed Proc 1982;41:1150
Sennekamp, H. J.:
Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis / Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Dustri, München – Orlando 2004
Zander, T. , A. Hofmann, A. Staratschek-Jox, S. Classen, S. Debey-Pascher, D. Eggle, S. Ansén, M. Hahn, M. Beyer, R.K. Thomas, B. Gathof, C. Mauch, K.-S. Delank, W. Engel-Riedel, H.-E. Wichmann, E. Stoelben, J.L. Schultze, J. Wolf:
Blood-based gene expression signatures in non-small cell lung cancer
Clinical Cancer Research, 3360-7, 2011.
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES BY VINYL CHLORIDE
Lelbach, W. K.:
A 25-Year Follow-Up Study of Heavily Exposed Vinyl Chloride Workers in Germany
Am. J. of Ind. Med. 29:446-458 (1996)
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES BY IONIZING RADIATIONS
Feinendegen, L. E.:
Evidence for beneficial low level radiation effects and radiation hormesis
British Journal of Radiology (2005) 78, 3-7
Feinendegen, L. E. et al. (Eds.):
Molecular Nuclear Medicine
Springer, Heidelberg, Berlin, New York 2003
Feinendegen, L. E. et al.:
BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES AND HEALTH RISKS OF LOW-LEVEL EXPOSURE TO IONIZING RADIATION
Health Physics, 247-259, 2011
Tubiana, M., Feinendegen, L. E. et al.:
The linear no-treshold relationship is inconsistent with radiation biologic and experimental data
Radiology, 13-22, 2009
Zablotska, L. B. et al.:
Analysis of mortality among Canadian nuclear power industry workers after chronic low-dose exposure to ionizing radiation.
Radiat Res 2004; 161: 633-641
NEW ENTITIES ?
(“No entity without identity”, Quine 1969)
Seidler, A. et al.:
Work related lesions of the supraspinatus tendon: a case control study.
Int. Arch. Occup. Envir. Health (Epub ahead of print)
MISCELLANEOUS
Popp, F. A.:
A very significant correlation between carcinogenic activity of polycyclic hydrocarbons and certain properties of their transition states in the range of the lowest triplet states of the DNA
Arch. Geschwulstforsch. 1977; 47: 97-105
Prasher, D.:
Heavy metals and noise exposure: Health effects
Noise & Health, 141-144, 2009
Links
German Occupational Diseases Ordinance, Annex 1
List of occupational diseases
BAuA, Berlin
Congresses / Conferences
Occupational diseases – European developments
Müsch, F. H. (Chair):
Introduction (Please ask for copies: dr.muesch@occupational-diseases.de)
Alvarez-Hidalgo, F. J.:
The European List of Occupational diseases
Heuchert, G.:
The European List of Occupational diseases from the industrial Medicine`s Point of view
Kranig, A. (Chair):
Comparative Studies on Occupational Diseases in Europe
Raschke, U.:
Compensation of Occupational Diseases in Europe of 25
29th International Congress for Occupational Safety and Health,
Düsseldorf 2005, www.AplusA-online.de
10th International ILO-Conference on Respiratory Diseases
Keynote Presentation
Müsch, F. H., Woitowitz, H. J. (Ramazzini Award, Bologna 2006):
Occupational Lung Cancer – what is new?
(Please ask for copies: dr.muesch@occupational-diseases.de)
Working Groups
Müsch, F. H.:
Occupational Respiratory Cancer – A governmental approach
(Please ask for copies: dr.muesch@occupational-diseases.de)
ICORD, Beijing 2005
Organizers: International Labour Office / Ministery of Health of China
PS:
“…Verschwinden des Personalpronomens der zweiten Person Singular aus dem englischen Sprachgebrauch, nämlich des Wortes “THOU”, einen größeren Umsturz bedeutet haben mag…einer grammatischen Gleichmacherei zum Opfer gefallen…” (Erwin Chargaff 1980)
“Nur der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika wegen obwaltet vom Piloten-Slang bis zum Kongreß-Jargon das Englische.” (Zit. nach R. Finkenstein, FAZ 2011)