ISSUES IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

1 Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden 2 Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark 3 Clinic of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark 4 Occupational Health Consultant, Johannesburg, South Africa 5 Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark 6 Occupational Health Consultant, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, USA 7 Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden 8 Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland 9 Department of Ergonomics, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile 10 Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 11 Chamber of Mines, Johannesburg, South Africa 12 Occupational & Environmental Health Unit, Public Health Division of the Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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