| Document ID (ISN) | 108922 |
| CIS number |
08-1315 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0815-6409 - Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Sim M. |
| Title |
The need for an occupational disease surveillance system in Australia |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 2007, Vol.23, No.6, p.557-562. 20 ref. |
| Abstract |
Cancer and respiratory diseases are important causes of ill health in Australian workplaces. Workers' compensation data are the only national source of data which can be used to measure the occurrence of these diseases, but these data are known to seriously underestimate their true extent. Disease surveillance has been used as an effective tool to reduce the burden of disease in the public health setting in Australia and for occupational diseases in several other countries. This article argues in favour of a national occupational disease surveillance system, in combination with other data sources (such as exposure surveillance data), as a means of assisting government, industry, unions and practitioners to more effectively reduce the burden of occupational disease in Australia. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Australia; occupational diseases; respiratory diseases; safety and health documentation; health service records; medical supervision; cancer |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
compensation of occupational diseases; national organization; frequency rates; role of government; reliability |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Australia |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Safety and health information
Occupational health services
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