Background The aim of this study is to illustrate the historical role of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) congresses as an arena where national and international occupational medicine can dialogue and as the first example of scientific transferability of the research and prevention results that have had such an impact on global public health. Methods We used the ICOH Heritage Repository, in which ICOH congress proceedings (from the first congress in Milan in 1906 to the last congress, held in Dublin in 2018), are organised in an orderly way, updated and easily accessible according to open access logic. Results We describe studies by three physicians who submitted significant scientific work to ICOH congresses, one on the battle against ancylostomiasis (Volante, 1906), the second (Quarelli, 1928) on carbon disulphide poisoning, and the third (Viola, 1969) on the carcinogenicity of vinyl chloride monomer. Priority is given to Italian cases, on account of the authors’ obvious familiarity with the issues. Conclusion The visibility offered in ICOH conferences and their published proceedings has boosted the international spread of their findings, contributing to the scientific transferability of the research results and influencing the development of policies and prevention interventions that have had a great impact on global public health.

Iavicoli, S., Valenti, A., Barillari, C., Fortuna, G., Boccuni, V., Carnevale, F., et al. (2020). Making the Difference in Occupational Health: Three Original and Significant Cases Presented at ICOH Congresses in the 20th Century. SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK, 11(2), 215-221 [10.1016/j.shaw.2020.03.004].

Making the Difference in Occupational Health: Three Original and Significant Cases Presented at ICOH Congresses in the 20th Century

Riva, Michele A.;
2020

Abstract

Background The aim of this study is to illustrate the historical role of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) congresses as an arena where national and international occupational medicine can dialogue and as the first example of scientific transferability of the research and prevention results that have had such an impact on global public health. Methods We used the ICOH Heritage Repository, in which ICOH congress proceedings (from the first congress in Milan in 1906 to the last congress, held in Dublin in 2018), are organised in an orderly way, updated and easily accessible according to open access logic. Results We describe studies by three physicians who submitted significant scientific work to ICOH congresses, one on the battle against ancylostomiasis (Volante, 1906), the second (Quarelli, 1928) on carbon disulphide poisoning, and the third (Viola, 1969) on the carcinogenicity of vinyl chloride monomer. Priority is given to Italian cases, on account of the authors’ obvious familiarity with the issues. Conclusion The visibility offered in ICOH conferences and their published proceedings has boosted the international spread of their findings, contributing to the scientific transferability of the research results and influencing the development of policies and prevention interventions that have had a great impact on global public health.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
History; Occupational Health; Occupational Safety; ICOH
English
2-apr-2020
2020
11
2
215
221
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Iavicoli, S., Valenti, A., Barillari, C., Fortuna, G., Boccuni, V., Carnevale, F., et al. (2020). Making the Difference in Occupational Health: Three Original and Significant Cases Presented at ICOH Congresses in the 20th Century. SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK, 11(2), 215-221 [10.1016/j.shaw.2020.03.004].
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