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Erschienen in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 5/2010

01.09.2010 | Review

The current status of occupational health in China

verfasst von: Xueyan Zhang, Zhongxu Wang, Tao Li

Erschienen in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | Ausgabe 5/2010

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Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to summarize the major health problems among Chinese workers, the strategies and measures for occupational hazards control, the network and organizations of occupational health administration, and the achievements and current challenges of occupational health in China.

Results

The situation of occupational health was found to be still serious in China. Enterprises with occupational hazards were widely distributed, the exposed population and cases of occupational diseases were numerous, and occupational risks were being transferred from the city to the countryside and from developed areas to developing ones. New emerging problems coexisted with traditional occupational hazards. Besides, a lack of occupational health services for migrant workers could be a major problem for a long time.

Conclusions

It is necessary to improve the fields related to occupational health, such as the supervision and administration of small- and medium-scale enterprises, research into key techniques for the prevention and control of occupational hazards, systems for the diagnosis and reporting of occupational diseases, and the training of health professionals.
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Metadaten
Titel
The current status of occupational health in China
verfasst von
Xueyan Zhang
Zhongxu Wang
Tao Li
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2010
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine / Ausgabe 5/2010
Print ISSN: 1342-078X
Elektronische ISSN: 1347-4715
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12199-010-0145-2

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