Introduction
Although Occupational Health should be an important part of Public Health, it is often restricted to a field limited to the social insurances and the labor laws of a country, without considering its large impact on health at large, on the economy and on the environment. This is partly explained by cultural and political reasons. Work is linked to suffering. In French, for instance, the word “travail” comes from a Latin word “tripalium” which was a torture instrument. Therefore this negative feeling about work and about the professions dedicated to the workers’ health protection, is one of the reasons that have led to prejudices and to a biased perception of the field of Occupational Health
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