The book “Modern Occupational Diseases Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Management and Prevention” is intended to serve as a useful guide for all those who are interested in occupational diseases. These ...

EXPERIENCE teaches most effectively when it comes in vivid and dramatic form. The loss of 350 lives in coal-mine accidents a year ago, in a period of three weeks, was so startling as to awaken the ...

Occupational skin diseases represent a significant and often under‐recognised burden in workplace settings, affecting the health and productivity of millions of workers worldwide. Among these ...

Exposure to dust and particles at work may increase the risk of chronic kidney disease, a new study shows. Among Swedish construction workers, followed since the 1970s, the risk was 15% higher among ...

Colorado's second-highest court has ruled for the first time that COVID-19 is an "occupational disease" that entitled the widow of a deceased nursing home employee to workers' compensation benefits.

A nurse tending tuberculous patients is entitled to workman’s compensation if she catches the disease, for TB is undeniably a hazard of her job. But what about a truck driver who contracts TB while ...

Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a hazardous, chlorinated solvent that was once widely used as a medical anaesthetic, an industrial ...

Indiana farmers are expected to harvest 10.6 million acres of corn and soybeans this fall, powering the state’s agri-industry ...