title: New concept for occupational health development: 3 phases.
abstract: Occupational health development in a country can be classified into 3 phases as External, Internal (or Personal), and Social Environmental Phases. Occupational health usually focuses on work environment, but it cannot advance without controlling workers' health and cannot be achieved without a complimentary understanding of the social security system. Society may continue wasting social costs for determining whether a disease of workers is caused by or arising from work. In order to understand the status of occupational diseases in a country, one must know about the comprehensiveness of the social security system in that society.
authors.forename: Seong-Kyu
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016272:Occupational Health; D012931:Social Environment; D014942:Workers' Compensation
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