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Document ID (ISN)110721
CIS number 10-0230
ISBN(s) 978-92-2-122822-6 (en); 978-92-2-222822-5 (fr); 978-92-2-322822-4 (es)
Year 2009
Convention or series no. MERLOD/2009/4
Title Identification and recognition of occupational diseases: Criteria for incorporating diseases in the ILO list of occupational diseases - Meeting of Experts on the Revision of the List of Occupational Diseases (Recommendation No. 194)
Original title Identification et reconnaissance des maladies professionnelles: critères pour incorporer des maladies dans la liste des maladies professionnelles de l'OIT - Réunion d'experts sur la révision de la liste des maladies professionnelles (recommandation n° 194) [in French]
Identificación y reconocimiento de las enfermedades profesionales: Criterios para incluir enfermedades en la lista de enfermedades profesionales de la OIT - Reunión de expertos sobre la revisión de la lista de enfermedades profesionales (Recomendación núm. 194) [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information ILO Publications, International Labour Office, 1211 Genève 22, Switzerland, 2009. 7p.
Internet access MERLOD/2009/4/EN.pdf [in English]
MERLOD/2009/4/FR.pdf [in French]
MERLOD/2009/4/ES.pdf [in Spanish]
Abstract Report of a meeting of experts on the revision of the ILO list of occupational diseases held in Geneva, Switzerland, 27-30 October 2009. Contents: definitions of occupational diseases; general criteria for identification and recognition of occupational diseases; criteria for identification and recognition of an individual disease; criteria for incorporating a disease into the ILO list of occupational diseases; updating the list of occupational diseases; consultations for the purpose of preparing a common ground; common ground achieved through tripartite consultations; decision-making process at the Meeting of Experts on the Revision of the List of Occupational Diseases Recommendation, 2002 (No. 194).
Descriptors (primary) ILO; occupational diseases; schedule of occupational diseases; international agreements
Descriptors (secondary) workmen's compensation; conference
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Workers' compensation
ILO standards
Epidemiology