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Reported occupational respiratory diseases in Catalonia

Reported occupational respiratory diseases in Catalonia
This is a one year only (as far as I can tell) voluntary surveillance scheme for occupational lung diseases in Catalonia, Spain, with a predominant input from occupational physicians. The working population is 2,253,783; similar to Finland and the population covered by Shield. Occupational asthma was the most commonly reported disease, with an incidence of 77.2/million/year (white collar workers 4.9; cleaners 96 and hairdressers 108). The commonest reported causes were isocyanates (15.5%); Persulphates (12.1%); Cleaning products (8.6%); Woods (8%); Flour (7.5%); Latex (6.9%); Glues and resins (4.6%); Colophony (4%); Animals (4%); Grain (2.3%); Aldehydes (2.3%). Official compensation statistics identified 42/174 of those with reported occupational asthma. There were also a large number of reported inhalational accidents (46) compared with other registries, perhaps because of the large occupational health input. Common industries were cleaning (26%); metal (22%); chemical (13%).

References

Full Text Available for Reported occupational respiratory diseases in Catalonia Orriols R, Costa R, Alberti C, Castejon J, Monso E, Panades R, Rubira N, Zock J-P, Members of the Malaltia Ocupacional Respiratoria (MOR) Group, Reported occupational respiratory diseases in Catalonia, Occup Environ Med, 2006;63:255-260,
Jan-Paul Zock, Municipal Institute of Medical Research, Barcelona, Spain, an author of 'Reported occupational respiratory diseases in Catalonia' Eduard Monso, Badalona, Spain, an author of 'Reported occupational respiratory diseases in Catalonia' Roser Costa, Barcelona (now moved), an author of 'Reported occupational respiratory diseases in Catalonia'

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