Proposed list of occupational diseases

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Annex B: Proposed list of occupational diseases1

1. Diseases caused by agents

1.1. Diseases caused by chemical agents

1.1.1. Diseases caused by beryllium or its toxic compounds

1.1.2. Diseases caused by cadmium or its toxic compounds

1.1.3. Diseases caused by phosphorus or its toxic compounds

1.1.4. Diseases caused by chromium or its toxic compounds

1.1.5. Diseases caused by manganese or its toxic compounds

1.1.6. Diseases caused by arsenic or its toxic compounds

1.1.7. Diseases caused by mercury or its toxic compounds

1.1.8. Diseases caused by lead or its toxic compounds

1.1.9. Diseases caused by fluorine or its toxic compounds

1.1.10. Diseases caused by carbon disulphide

1.1.11. Diseases caused by the toxic halogen derivatives of aliphatic or aromatic

hydrocarbons

1.1.12. Diseases caused by benzene or its toxic homologues

1.1.13. Diseases caused by toxic nitro- and amino-derivatives of benzene or its

homologues

1.1.14. Diseases caused by nitroglycerine or other nitric acid esters

1.1.15. Diseases caused by alcohols, glycols or ketones

1.1.16. Diseases caused by asphyxiants: carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide or its toxic

derivatives, hydrogen sulphide

1.1.17. Diseases caused by acrylonitrile

1.1.18. Diseases caused by oxides of nitrogen

1.1.19. Diseases caused by vanadium or its toxic compounds

1.1.20. Diseases caused by antimony or its toxic compounds

1.1.21. Diseases caused by hexane

1.1.22. Diseases of teeth due to mineral acids

1.1.23. Diseases due to pharmaceutical agents

1 List of occupational diseases proposed by the Informal Consultation on the Revision of the List of

Occupational Diseases, appended to the Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 (No. 121),

Geneva, 9-12 December 1991.