From Occupational Exposure to Personalised Healthcare: Risk Assessment, Prevention and Patient Management
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Preventive Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editors
Interests: occupational diseases; lung function; respiratory physiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will focus on occupational health and diseases, with particular attention to new and better-adapted solutions addressing the needs of workers exposed to occupational hazards. For the purposes of this Issue, occupational health will be considered in a broader sense. Therefore, any scientific contribution aimed at promoting employee well-being in the workplace or preventing work-related diseases and injuries will be evaluated.
The scope also includes workplace risk assessment, novel approaches to screening and monitoring for both occupational and non-occupational diseases within occupational medicine, and interventions designed to maintain fitness for work. Vulnerable populations—such as adolescents, the elderly, pregnant individuals, and people with chronic conditions—are of particular interest. Personalised solutions are often developed for these groups, and sharing this knowledge can help enhance the efficacy and efficiency of healthcare practices.
Regarding occupational diseases, this Special Issue welcomes contributions on innovative biomarkers for diagnosis, strategies for health monitoring after the end of occupational exposure (e.g., to carcinogens or mineral dusts), and research on emerging occupational hazards. These include, but are not limited to, digitalisation, psychosocial risks, exposure to nanoparticles, climate change, biological risks and electromagnetic fields.
Dr. Marina Ruxandra Otelea
Guest Editor
Dr. Florina Georgeta Popescu
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- emergent risk factors
- ergonomics
- occupational diseases
- occupational cancers
- pneumoconiosis
- biomarkers
- muscular-skeletal disorders
- occupational poisoning
- AI
- nanoparticles
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