Morbidity and Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Substances in Europe

Mortality, Morbidity and Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Substances in Europe 

It has been estimated from EU aggregate data that nearly one third of all occupational diseases recognised annually in the EU are relate to exposure to chemical substances (Musu 2004). ° 

Data on death and disease associate with occupational exposure to ha xdous substances is available from a variety of sources such as those based on for example  

Available from Occupational Diseases in Europe in 2001, Statistics in Focus, Populaticm and Social Conditions No IS Eurostat, 2004, ht //europa.eu.int/comin.eutostat Publications. 

A substantial proportion of tiiese ace used by chemical dusts such as asbestiH. 

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