The new list includes a range of internationally recognized occupational diseases, from illnesses caused by chemical, physical and biological agents to respiratory and skin diseases, musculoskeletal disorders and occupational cancer. Mental and behavioural disorders have been, for the first time, specifically included in the ILO list. The list also has open items in all the sections dealing with the aforementioned diseases. The open items allow for the recognition of the occupational origin of diseases not specified in the list if a link is established between exposure to risk factors arising from work activities and the disorders contracted by the worker.This publication includes the newly established list of occupational diseases, the working document ÂIdentification and recognition of occupational diseases: Criteria for incorporating diseases in the ILO list of occupational diseasesÂ, and the reports of the two Meetings of Experts which developed this list.
