Publisher Summary This chapter discusses training and education in occupational health.
An academic course in occupational medicine is an important part of specialist training, and …

Work, Occupational Medicine, legislative framework are in a deep and wipe transformation.
To be able to adequately the occupational physician is requested to improve and update his …

After an introduction, giving a short historical perspective on European Health and Safety
legislation, the first experiences and opportunities for occupational physicians regarding …

We think and are taught in occupational medicine that Bernardino Ramazzini wrote the first
comprehensive occupational health textbook De Morbis Artificum Diatriba (Diseases of …

This glossary includes a selection of terms pertaining to the field of research in occupational
health. The glossary is mostly addressed to readers not familiarised with the more specific …

From occupational medicine to occupational health: evolution of the concepts, what current
approach? The evolution of occupational medicine since 1946 shows the evolution of health …

The discipline of occupational health is concerned with the two-way relationship between
work environment and health. Occupational health is a part of the health science curriculum …

Since 1990 directions of various processes in the field of environmental and occupational
health and their influence on the state of health of the population have been discussed at …

In Italy since 15 years huge investments in term of human, material and economical
resources have been allocated to prevention. However epidemiological data show …

The strategy for the improvement of occupational safety and health is presented. The role of
the state and the workers in shaping working conditions has changed over the years, and …