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Document ID (ISN)63751
CIS number 95-147
ISSN - Serial title 0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine
Year 1994
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Sallie B.A., Ross D.J., Meredith S.K., McDonald J.C.
Title SWORD '93. Surveillance of work-related and occupational respiratory disease in the UK
Bibliographic information Sep. 1994, Vol.44, No.4, p.177-182. 4 ref.
Abstract Data on work-related respiratory diseases collected by the SWORD (Surveillance of Work-Related and Occupational Respiratory Disease) project are reviewed for 1993. Some 3269 new cases are estimated to have been seen by participating physicians in 1993 (3635 in 1992). Diseases of long latency accounted for 52% of cases, asthma for 27% and inhalation accidents for 12%; 93% of the long latency diseases were attributed to asbestos. With the exception of construction workers with pneumoconiosis (31%), engineers and metalworkers were the most affected group, representing at least 25% in each disease category. A table lists agents and occupations associated with asthma.
Descriptors (primary) United Kingdom; occupation disease relation; notification of occupational diseases; statistics; respiratory diseases
Descriptors (secondary) case study; asbestos; list of occupations; list of chemical substances; asthma
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Notification of accidents and diseases
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)