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Occupational health in Singapore developed largely over the past 10-15 years. The rapid progress in general awareness, personnel, services, education and research, is described. The role of Singapore as a regional centre for education, consultancy service and research is increasing. The development and functions of government agencies, the University, statutory boards and voluntary organizations are discussed. Common occupational diseases include pneumoconiosis, metal poisoning, occupational dermatitis, noise-induced deafness and psychological disturbances. Evidence suggests gross under-reporting of these conditions. About 150 research papers concerning occupational health in Singapore have been published so far. There can be little doubt that the importance of the discipline will gather even greater momentum in Singapore in the future.
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PMID:The development of and recent trends in occupational health in Singapore. 713 21

The authors studied duration of pathologic changes formation and determined actual values of occupational risk for pneumoconiosis and deafness. "Level-time-effect" relationship was revealed for the former item and "dose-effect" relationship was found for the latter one. Conclusion is that length of service could be used to forecast risk of occupational disease.
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PMID:[The study of professional risk in the Ukraine]. 1034 18

Among 6 nosologic entities of occupational diseases diagnosed in 323 electric welders of Moscow suburb, the most frequent one was pneumoconiosis caused by welding aerosol, then neurosensory deafness, chronic toxic dust bronchitis and chronic manganese intoxication. Malignancies located especially in larynx and lungs appeared important among concurrent diseases that could be considered occupational.
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PMID:[The structure of occupational morbidity in electric welders]. 1101 40