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Document ID (ISN)63600
CIS number 95-169
ISBN(s) 3-88383-348-7
Year 1994
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Diepgen T.L.
Title Determination of the occupational nature of skin diseases
Original title BK Haut in der Begutachtung [in German]
Bibliographic information Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften, Alte Heerstrasse 111, 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany, 1994. 127p. Illus. Bibl.ref.
Abstract Text of papers presented and conclusions drawn at the Conference on the harmonization of expertise and compensation procedures for occupational skin diseases, held in Bamberg, Germany, 18-19 Nov. 1993. The proper assessment of the degree of disability and of the occupational nature of occupational diseases being an essential part of Appendix A of the German Ordinance on Occupational Diseases, it is incumbent upon insurance institutions to develop, in conjunction with industrial physicians, general principles and uniform rules for the sake of medical expertise. Summaries in English, German, French and Spanish.
Descriptors (primary) compensation of occupational diseases; occupational diseases; degree of disability; skin diseases; expertise; Germany
Descriptors (secondary) schedule of occupational diseases; conference; medico-legal aspects
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Workers' compensation
Skin diseases