Occupational COVID-19: what can be learned from notifications of occupational diseases?
van der Molen, Henk F. ; Kezic, Sanja ; Visser, Steven ; de Groene, Gerda J. ; Maas, Jaap ; de Wind, Astrid ; Tamminga, Sietske
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2020
Early View
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epidemic disease ; notification of occupational diseases ; data analysis
Occupational diseases
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2020-107121
English
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"Marinaccio and colleagues are applauded for providing valuable data on the risk of acquiring COVID-19 due to exposure in the workplace in Italy.1 Once again, this emphasises the importance of an assessment of the working circumstances and registration of occupational diseases. Data on work-related COVID-19 in the study of Marinaccio and colleagues was based on compensation claims of workers. In the Netherlands, an expert-based one-page guidance document for assessment and reporting of COVID-19 as occupational disease was developed by occupational physicians and data specialists."
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