Global burden of disease and injury due to occupational factors. Epidemiology

We made estimates of absolute morbidity and mortality due to occupational factors for the world using all available published data as of 1994, and, where no data were available, applying the most appropriate (in terms of similar economy, race, and environment) age-Isex,ldiagnosis-specific incidence and mortality rates to known working population distributions. We report results according to economic groupings determined by the Worl