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Occupational Medicine 1998;48:3-6
© 1998 Society of Occupational Medicine

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Occupational lung diseases and global occupational health on the Net

K. Takahashi*,, A. Sekikawa{dagger}, R. E. LaPorte{dagger}, T. Satoh{ddagger}, G. Pan$$$, A. Ren{square}, T. Okubo* and T. Yoshimura*

* Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan
{dagger} Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA
{ddagger} Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Tokyo Women's Medical University Tokyo, Japan
$$$ Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Liaoning Public Health and Anti-epidemic Station P. R. China
{square} Department of Epidemiology, North China Coal Medical College P. R. China

Occupational lung disease is a major area of concern in occupational health, exhibiting a diverse panorama across countries. While pneumoconiosis is deemed to be the most common occupational disease in many developing countries, emphasis is shifting towards asbestos-related lung diseases and occupational asthma in industrialized countries. Following the Occupational Health for All strategies set forth by the World Health Organization, we propose that a model system based upon the Global Health Network can serve as an effective vehicle towards the prevention of occupational lung diseases on a global scale. It has the potential to: (1) enhance transmission of data and collaboration with the primary health care system in disease surveillance; (2) strengthen research and information transfer and (3) promote education and training at all levels of prevention, with a possible application to the interpretation of chest radiograms.

Keywords      Chest radiogram; Global Health Network; Internet; pneumoconiosis; silicosis

Received       27 May 1997
Accepted       12 June 1997

Correspondence and reprint requests to: K. Takahashi, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ono, Yahatanishiku, Kitakyushu City 807, Japan. Tel: (+81) 93 691 7454; Fax: (+81) 93 601 7324; email: ktaka{at}med.uoeh-u.ac.jp


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