In 1967, the problem of occupational lead exposure came to public attention in Korea.
Second, women face the problem of occupational segregation (Giddens 2003), which operates along both vertical and horizontal lines.
The results are therefore indicative of the level of musculoskeletal problems of this occupational group world-wide, including the likelihood of a higher occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms amongst female musicians.
The counselling and training in energy conservative techniques [ 18] was based on assessing the patient's problem areas of occupational performance and patient prioritization of their daily activities using The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) [ 18].
The problems of exposure to occupational hazards, however, are frequently compounded by preexisting malnutrition and a high incidence of infectious disease.
To address work disability due to MHP, The Netherlands Society of Occupational Medicine (NVAB) developed a practice guideline entitled 'The management of mental health problems of workers by occupational physicians (OPs)' in 2000 and revised it in 2007 [ 21, 22].
The problem here is one of occupational hygiene and advice has been provided on this in the UK by the Health and Safety Executive (46).
In combination with the under-recognition of severe MUPS, it is relevant to try to achieve more diagnostic accuracy, and this is an important starting point for solving this problem in the field of occupational health.
Perhaps the most important problem is the vulnerability of occupational studies to the healthy worker effect, that is, the bias inherent in studying populations of workers who remain after the departure of sicker and/or more susceptible workers, especially problematic in cross-sectional studies of current workers.
Human factors studies usually investigate workplace risk factors to reduce the negative effects of occupational health problems.
