Contribution of Occupational Risk Factors to the Global Burden of Disease – a Summary of Findings

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• Personal Author:
  Concha-Barrientos M ; Corvalan C ; Driscoll T ; Fingerhut, Marilyn A. ; Leigh J ; Nelson DI ; Pruss-Ustun A ; Punnett, Laura ; Steenland, Kyle
• Description:
  The World Health Organization conducted a comparative risk assessment to ascertain the contributions of 26 risk factors to the global burden of disease. Five occupational risk factors accounted for an estimated 37% of back pain, 16% of hearing loss, 13% of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 11% of asthma, 9% of lung cancer, 8% of injuries, and 2% of leukemia worldwide. Virtually all cases of silicosis, asbestosis, and coal workers' pneumoconiosis were work-related. Contaminated sharps injuries accounted for 40% of hepatitis B, 40% of hepatitis C, and 4% of HIV/AlDS infections among health care workers. Data limitations, primarily in developing countries, prevented the inclusion of other major occupational risk factors. These selected occupational risks accounted for about 850 000 deaths and 24 million years of healthy life lost each year. The deaths due to these selected occupational risk factors constitute only 43% of the International Labour Organization's estimate of 2 million deaths worldwide due to work-related risks. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Asthma Asthma, Occupational Carcinogens Health Personnel Hearing Loss Inorganic Chemicals Lung Lung Diseases Mortality Musculoskeletal Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Asbestosis Author Keywords: Asthma Back-injuries Back Pain Bronchial-asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diseases Health-care-personnel Hearing-loss Hearing Loss Injuries Leukemia Lung-cancer Lung Cancer Mortality-data Mortality-rates Needlesticks Occupational-diseases Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational Carcinogens Occupational Disease Occupational Injuries Pneumoconiosis Pulmonary-system-disorders Risk-analysis Risk-factors Risk Assessment Silicosis

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• ISSN:
  0355-3140
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; District of Columbia ; Georgia ; Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  58-61
• Volume:
  31
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028845
• Citation:
  Scand J Work Environ Health 2005 Jan; 31(Suppl 1):58-61
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr Marilyn Fingerhut, NIOSH, 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington 20201 DC, USA
• Email:
  mfingerhut@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
• Supplement:
  1
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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