The avoidable future burden of copd due to occupational respirable crystalline silica exposure in the EU

Publication from Perosh joint research project: Health impact assessment for occupational respiratory diseases

Authors:

1. Emma Tan¹,
2. David Fishwick¹,
3. Anjoeka Pronk²,
4. Claudia Drossard³,
5. Andreas Lüdeke³,
6. Frank Bochmann⁴,
7. Vivi Schlünssen⁵,
8. Jitka Hansen⁵,
9. Torben Sigsgaard⁵,
10. Ragnhild Østrem⁶,
11. Wijnand Eduard⁶,
12. Merete Bugge⁶,
13. Nick Warren¹

¹Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton, UK
²TNO, Zeist, Netherlands
³Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Dortmund, Germany
⁶National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI), Oslo, Norway
⁴Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA), Sankt Augustin, Germany
⁵The National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NRCWE), Copenhagen, Norway

The avoidable future burden of copd due to occupational respirable crystalline silica exposure in the EU