It is plausible that much of the increase seen in this study, particularly the increases seen in the older working population (those aged 45 to 59 years in 2006) in rural areas could be attributable to work injury [12].
Hence the PAR may overestimate asthma attributable to work etiologically.
Here, a better measure for preventive policy might be the excess of illness attributable to work [ 18].
56% of cancer registrations in men are attributable to work in the construction industry (mainly mesotheliomas, lung, stomach, bladder and non-melanoma skin cancers) and 54% of cancer registrations in women are attributable to shift work (breast cancer).
For example, the World Health Organisation estimated that 37percentt of all back pain worldwide is attributable to work, resulting in an estimated 800,000 DALYs (disability-adjusted life years) lost [ 2].
In an analysis of NHANES III data, the fraction of COPD in never smokers that is attributable to work has been estimated to be 31%.
The issue of disabling LBP attributable to work-related low back injury is very relevant to workers, employers, workers' compensation insurers, healthcare providers, and society in general.
We excluded from this review occupational asthma incidence studies derived from surveillance data, given that sources markedly underestimate the proportion of cases attributable to work-related factors.
Also a complete economic analysis was not completed, thus the estimate of productivity losses reflects only those that were assumed to be attributable to work loss (i.e. time lost for employed persons only).
The presence of a control group provided a background prevalence of latex sensitisation in this population which allowed for a better estimation of associations attributable to work-related factors.
