Message
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:
MedDir a. D. Dr. Müsch, Franz H.
dr.muesch@occupational-diseases.de
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.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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From “Miracle Mineral” to first-rate CARCINOGEN
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ANDEVA (Ed.):
The Turin Trial
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Baur, X.:
Asbestos: Socio-legal and Scientific Controversies and Unsound Science in the Context of the Worldwide Asbestos Tragedy
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Delin, B.:
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European Commission (Ed.):
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European Commission (Ed.):
Information notices on diagnosis of occupational diseases
Office for official publications: Report EUR 14768 EN, Luxembourg 1997
European Commission (Ed.):
Work and health / Scientific basis of progress in the working environment
International Conference 22 to 25 February 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark
Partizipant: Medizinaldir. Dr. F. H. Muesch, Bundesarbeitsministerium Bonn
Office for Official Publications: Report EUR 15980 EN, Luxembourg 1995
Faisandier, L., Bonneterre, V., De Gaudemaris, R., Bicout, D.:
Occupational Exposome: a network-based approach for characterizing occupational health problems.
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International Labour Office (Ed.):
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<2 million workers killed every year.>
www.ilo.org/safework; 2013
International Labour Office (Ed.):
An ILO code of practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work
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International Labour Office (Ed.):
Recording and notification of…occupational diseases and ILO-list of occupational diseases
ILO-Report V (2B), Geneva 2002
2 M people die yearly due to work-related diseases
<The report, titled “The Prevention of Occupational Diseases” said work-related illnesses kill six times as many people as on-the-job accidents but tend to attract less attention.>
The Philippine Star, Updated April 28, 2013 – 12:00am
Leigh, J. et al.:
Global Burden of Disease…Due to Occupational Factors
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Munich Re (Ed.):
Workers´ Compensation – Analysis of private and public systems
Order number: English 302-02765 (2000)
Munich Re (Ed.):
Occupational diseases – How are they covered under worker`s compensation systems?
Order number: English 302-03056 (2002)
Munich Re (Ed.):
Occupational diseases – Are they insurable?
Order number 302-04280 (2004)
Munich Re (Ed.):
Economic incentives: A reflection on workers` compensation systems
Order number 302-04733 (2005)
Munich Re (Ed.):
Asbestos: Anatomy of a mass tort
Order number 302-06142 (2009/2012)
Notenbomer, A. et al.
Associations of work ability with frequent and long-term sickness absence
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Helmut Valentin and the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Erlangen, Bavaria
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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)
Report WHO/OCH/98.1, Geneva 1998
AMBLYACOUSIA
Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsmedizin und Arbeitsschutz (Ed.):
Safe and Sound
Guide to Hearing-Conservation in the Music- and Entertainment-Industry(Authors:…Brockt, Brusis, Fendel, Heger, Müsch et al.)
BAuA, Berlin/Dortmund 2011
Michel, O., Brusis, T.:
Noise induced hearing loss in agriculture
DOI: 10.17147/ASUI.2015-07-13-02
Cardiology
Vyas, M. V. et al.:
Shift work and vascular events: systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ. 2012; 345:e4800
Dermatology
Diepgen, T. L., Mahler, V.:
The edidemiology of skin cancer
Br. J. Dermatol, Suppl., 1-6, 2002
Seckin, D. et al.:
Can topical calcipotriol be a treatment alternative in actinic keratoses? A preliminary report.
J. Drugs Dermatol., 451-454, 2009
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
Johanning, E.:
Whole-body vibration-related health disorders in
occupational medicine – an international comparison
⌈Figure 2. Number of WBV occupational disease claims and ‘accepted’ cases under BK 2110 in Germany from 1995 to 2013 (GeneralIndustry)⌋
Ergonomics, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2015.1005170
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)
Ruppe, K., Mucke, R.:
Functional Disorders at the Spine after longlasting Whole-Body-Vibration
In: Nielson, R., Jorgensen, K. (Ed.) :
Advances In Industrial Ergonomics And Safety V / Taylor & Francis, 1993
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
CONTRACT RESEARCH REPORT 333/2001
NEUROLOGY
Lotti, M., Bleecker, M. L. (Edit.):
Occupational Neurology
Elsevier, Edinburgh 2015
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Baur, X.:
Asbestos: Socio-legal and Scientific Controversies and Unsound Science in the Context of the Worldwide Asbestos Tragedy
DOI 10.1055/s-0042-103580 Pneumologie 2016
Blanc, P. D. et al.:
The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Vol. 199, No. 11 | Jun 01, 2019
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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
Gawlitza, Joshua et al.:
Finding the right spot: Where to measure airway parameters in patients with COPD
European Journal of Radiology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.05.003
Jansing, P. J., Chanda, R., Gore, C., Küpper, Th.:
Profiles of occupational exposure in patients with wood dust-induced nasal carcinoma
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Mortality from cancers of the extra-thoracic airways in relation to radon
progeny in the Wismut cohort, 1946 – 2008
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Lorenz, K. J.:
Pulmonary Rehabilitation after Laryngectomy
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Martinez, F. J. et al.:
A new approach for identifying patients with undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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„question (…) 1. Have you (…) worked in a place with dirty or polluted air (…)?“
Merchant, J. A. (Ed.):
Occupational respiratory diseases
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Margolin, S. B. et al.:
Removal of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (asbestos-induced) by oral chemotherapy with pirfenidone.
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Opitz, I.:
I Improving Mesothelioma Patients Outcomes by Early Non-Invasive Diagnosis
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II Management of malignant pleural mesothelioma—The European experience
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Sennekamp, J. et al.:
Work-related extrinsic allergic alveolitis
Gentner/ASU INTERNATIONAL(ASUI), 2015
Cave: More informations about „304.01 Extrinsic allergic alveolites“ one can find in „Information notices on occupational diseases: a guide to diagnosis.“ European Commission (Ed.) – s. above!
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.:
QUANTIFICATION OF ADAPTIVE PROTECTION FOLLOWING
LOW-DOSE IRRADIATION
Health Phys. 110(3):276–280; 2016
Feinendegen, L. E. et al.:
Hormesis by Low Dose Radiation Effects
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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
2015
24th annual meeting of German Society of Thoracic Surgeons (DGT) Berlin, September 24-26, 2015
Friday, Sept. 25th 2015, 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m., Room: Jade 1
WS 5: Early diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma
Chair
Franz Müsch/Cologne, Isabelle Opitz/Zurich
Radiological point of view
Dag Wormanns/Berlin
Pathological point of view
Annette Fisseler–Eckhoff/Wiesbaden
Surgical point of view
Servet Bölükbas/Wuppertal
2013
33th International Congress for Occupational Safety and Health
Düsseldorf 2013
New scientific recommendations concerning occupational diseases and strategies for their practical implementation
BMAS and „DGUV e. V.“ (5. November 2013, 14:00 – 17:00)
14:20 – 14:40
Vascular hand injury caused by mechanical shock
Prof. Stephan Dr. Letzel, Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine of the „Johannes Gutenberg“- University, Mainz
14:40 – 15:00
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Prof. Bernd Dr. Hartmann, Hamburg
15:50 – 16:10
Laryngeal cancer caused by aerosols containing sulphuric acid
Frank Dr. Sladeczek, Merseburg
16:10 – 16:30
Skin cancer
Prof. Hans Dr. Drexler, Institute and Out-Patient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine of the „Friedrich Alexander“- University, Erlangen-Nuremberg
www.AplusA.de / Kongress2013@basi.de
2009
International Labour Conference, 98th Session
International Labour Office:
HIV/AIDS and the world of work
(Participant: MedDir Dr. Müsch)
ILO, Geneva 2009
2005
29th International Congress for Occupational Safety and Health,
Düsseldorf 2005
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
www.basi.de
2005
10th International ILO-Conference on Respiratory Diseases (ICORD)
Peking 2005
Keynote Presentation
Müsch, F. H., Woitowitz, H. J.:
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
<In Germany occupational diseases are …governed by statutory provisions and the involved medical circumstances are made subject to scientific examinations.>
(Please ask for copies: dr.muesch@occupational-diseases.de)
Organizers: International Labour Office (ILO) / Ministery of Health of China
1998
WHO – Consultation on Strengthening of Health Surveillance of Working Populations, Geneva 1998
The use of international classification of diseases (ICD 10) in occupational health
Müsch, F. H.:
Health surveillance, recording and notification of occupational diseases…experience of Germany
Organization: Occupational Health Unit: Dr. M .I. Mikheev
1996
International Meeting of governmental representatives,
Montreal 1996
Foundation of an“International Centre for the Prevention of Occupational Respiratory Diseases (ICPORD)“
Müsch, F. H.:
The Prevention of Occupational Respiratory Diseases
Organizers: Ministry of Labour (Ottawa), WHO, ILO, ICOOH
1993
Work and health / Scientific basis of progress in the working environment
International Conference 22 to 25 February 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark
Partizipant: Medizinaldir. Dr. F. H. Muesch, Bundesarbeitsministerium, D-5300 Bonn
Quotation
„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).
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).
„…und Englisch singe alli Lit, ohne ze wisse was es als beditt!“ (Alsation folksong from Isabelle G.).
In personal memory: Operation Thunderclap
10. März 2015
ZUM GEDENKEN AN DIE BOMBARDIERUNG VON
ROSITZ, CHEMNITZ UND DRESDEN i. J. 1945
– Operation Thunderclap –
„Von der Schulstraße in Rositz (Thüringen) bis … „
Heilige Messe in der Katholischen Pfarrkirche
„Mutter Gottes vom Berge Karmel“
10. März 2015 / 8:30 Uhr
04617 Rositz, Altenburger Str. 20