All occupational titles are coded according to the ILO's recently updated standard occupational classification (ISCO-08) [ 24].
Earlier this year, after a decades-long battle, OSHA finally updated the occupational exposure limit on beryllium.
We limited the review to the most recent updates of occupational studies, although we include findings from earlier reports where results have changed materially with successive updates.
Updated cost studies of further population and occupational exposure reduction are long overdue.
In some countries of Europe and the US, there are updated and reliable registries that can link occupational exposure with death and hospitalization records for a large number of individuals exposed many years ago [ 36, 38].
We also recommend that infection control guidelines be updated about cloth mask use to protect the occupational health and safety of HCWs.
Recently, IARC updated its previous reviews of several chemicals and occupational exposure circumstances, including benzene, to reassess carcinogenicity and to consider potential associations with additional tumor sites (Baan et al. 2009).
These updated epidemiologic results strongly suggest an etiologic association between occupational exposure to 1,3-butadiene and human cancer.
However, because the IARC Monograph Program is ongoing, the list of occupational carcinogens will need to be periodically updated.
Even today, 200 300 outbreaks and investigations later, I found much to learn, particularly those chapters providing new and updated information on bioterrorism preparedness and response and field investigations of occupational disease and injury.
Two studies included in the updated Cochrane review had a strong focus on physical functioning and investigated occupational therapist and physiotherapist led interventions [ 65, 66].
