1. NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL MORBIDITY DUE TO EXPOSURE TO RESPIRATORY AND SKIN SENSITIZERS AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS Dr. Adriana Todea, dr. Aurelia Ferencz Institute of Public Health Bucureşti, Occupational Health Department

2. Details regarding the content and significance of the study How Romania stands from the point of view of Europe’s activities to point out these risks? How big is the impact upon exposed? What’s the ratio of these diseases on national morbidity frame?

3. The evolution of occupational diseases’ incidence between 1993 and 2002

4. Number of occupational diseases by entities - 2002 1.Occupational noise-induced hearing loss 890 2.Poisoning441 3.Silicosis411 4.Bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis215 5.Infectious and parasitic diseases212 6.Vibration induced diseases65 7.Skin diseases64 8.Chronic bronchitis61 9.Repetitive trauma 60 10.Eye diseases22 11.Azbestosis6 12.Occupational neoplasms 6

5. Bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis by counties

6. Bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis most exposed occupations (2002)

7. Bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis most frequent causes (2002)

8. Bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis no. of new cases (1992-2002)

9. Skin diseases by counties - 2002

10. Skin diseases most exposed occupations - 2002

11. Skin diseases most frequent cases - 2002

12. Skin diseases no. of new cases (1992-2002)

13. Occupational diseases due to biological agents by county - 2002

14. Occupational diseases due to biological agents most exposed occupations - 2002

15. Occupational diseases due to biological agents most frequent causes - 2002

16. Occupational diseases due to biological agents no. new cases (1992-2002)

17. Occupational health and safety of the employees exposed to dangerous substances is the main duty of occupational physician To fulfill this goal it’s important to set as purpose: OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES = O This is not only occupational physician’s burden, but also for the: employer occupational safety engineer each employee.