11. Occupational Health and Medicine

11. Occupational Health and Medicine

By Dr. Sverre Langard

Part one

1. The proportion of all cancers in the world
2. Causes of cancer: environmental factors, risk factors of genotype or phenotype, work-related factors
3. Work-related factors is significant in identifying populations and recognizing the patients in clinic
4. There are great needs to do more researches on work-related cancers in both developed countries and developing countries

Part two

1. The researches and finding of cancers related to asbestos exposure
2. The experiences of Norway in dealing with work-related cancers and occupational health and medicine
3. The means to recognize occupational cancers in general and work populations, including identification of gender differences, compare the local differences of incidence, specialized clinical departments for occupational and environmental medicine
4. The importance of essential tools, exposure history and literature review in identification of work-related cancer and occupational diseases and environmental medicine