title: Ramazzini's "De morbis artificum Diatriba" and society, culture, and the human condition in the seventeenth century.
abstract: The social milieu in which Bernardino Ramazzini achieved his prescient conception of occupational health and barriers to adoption of his approach during his lifetime are described.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate School of Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine of Modena, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Largo del Pozzo, 71, I-44100 Modena, Italy. franco@unimo.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Franco
mesh_terms: D004813:Epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000266:history; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000266:history