Background Over the last decade, there have been several attempts to estimate the global
burden of ill health due to work activity. The most recent of these is the Comparative Risk …

Background Around the globe, work has a heavy impact on health. To better advise policy
makers, we assessed the global burden of disease and injury due to selected occupational …

Background The Comparative Risk Assessment (CRA) project of the World Health
Organization (WHO) assessed worldwide mortality and morbidity in the year 2000 resulting …

Background Occupational injuries are a public health problem, estimated to kill more than
300,000 workers worldwide every year and to cause many more cases of disability. We …

Objectives: To review the literature on the burden of occupational disease and injury and to
provide a comprehensive characterization of the burden. Methods: The scientific and …

We made estimates of absolute morbidity and mortality due to occupational factors for the
world using all available published data as of 1994, and, where no data were available …

Background Work‐related mortality is a relatively new concept which aims to widen
occupational health and safety; to take into account not only recognized fatal occupational …

Developed countries have made tremendous progress in Workplace Safety and Health in
terms of reducing the burden of occupational injuries caused by accidents. Developing …

This article reviews the present indicators, trends, and recent solutions and strategies to
tackle major global and country problems in safety and health at work. The article is based …

Methods The WHO comparative risk assessment used a common statistical model that
allows a reader to compare the contribution (attributable fraction) of several risk factors with …