| ID (ISN) del documento | 108922 |
| Número CIS |
08-1315 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0815-6409 - Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand |
| Año |
2007 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Sim M. |
| Título |
The need for an occupational disease surveillance system in Australia |
| Información bibliográfica |
Dec. 2007, Vol.23, No.6, p.557-562. 20 ref. |
| Resumen |
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. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
Australia; enfermedades profesionales; enfermedades respiratorias; documentación de seguridad y salud; archivos de los servicios de higiene; vigilancia médica; cáncer |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
reparación de las enfermedades profesionales; organización nacional; tasas de frecuencia; papel de los poderes públicos; fiabilidad |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| País / Estado o Provincia | Australia |
| Tema(s) |
Medicina del trabajo, higiene, primeros auxilios
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Medicina del trabajo, epidemiología
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Safety and health information
Occupational health services
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