title: [Occupational medicine worldwide and in Croatia].
abstract: The development of occupational medicine, its complexity and international position as well as the actual and anticipated tasks connected with modernisation of industry, workers' health protection and humanization of work is presented. Education in the field of occupational medicine is also evaluated. Eighteen countries: ten in Europe, United States of America, Canada, Brasil and Chile from the area of South America, Israel, Japan, China and Singapore in Asia are included in the review. At the end, the development of occupational health services in Croatia, its present organisation, legislation, education and training, future needs and goals are shortly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Skola narodnog zdravlja Andrija Stampar Medicinskog fakulteta Sveucilista u Zagrebu.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zuskin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarić
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mustajbegović
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Decković-Vukres
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milković-Kraus
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jelcić
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000193:education
vernacular_title: Medicina rada u svijetu i u Hrvatskoj.