[Musculo-skeletal disorders of the upper limb in the "new tables of professional diseases in industry and agriculture"].
The author, after an analysis of the statistical data on work-related diseases reported to the INAIL and listed on the Annual Report 2007, examines the main highlights of the "new tables of professional diseases in industry and agriculture" published in the Ministerial Decree of July 21st, 2008 (GU n.169, 21-7-2008), also relating to the introduction of musculo-skeletal disorders of the upper limb due to bio-mechanical strain into the list of professional diseases to which the legal presumption of origin is applicable.
Clemente
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INAIL Sovrintendenza Medica Generale, Settore Infortuni e Malattie Professionali Roma, Italy. m.clemente@inail.it
D000383:Agriculture; D001132:Arm; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology*