PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Roser Costa
AU  - Ramon Orriols
AU  - Cristina Abadia
AU  - Constança Albertí
AU  - Berta Avilés
AU  - Mª Teresa Campà
AU  - Concepción Cañete
AU  - Xavier Casas
AU  - Jordi Castejon
AU  - Imma Cortés
AU  - Jordi Esplugas
AU  - Meritxell Espuga
AU  - Núria Faig
AU  - Laia Ferré
AU  - Jaume Ferrer
AU  - Beatriz Lara
AU  - Ferran Lleal
AU  - Federico Madrid
AU  - Ramon Magarolas
AU  - Lluís Marquès
AU  - Sergi Martí
AU  - Joan-Pau Millet
AU  - Mª Angeles Montero
AU  - Ferran Morell
AU  - Xavier Muñoz
AU  - Rafael Panadés
AU  - Damià Perich
AU  - Eva Porcel
AU  - Laura Ramírez
AU  - Mª Jesús Rodríguez-Bayarri
AU  - Àlex Roger
AU  - Núria Rubirà
AU  - Gemma Segarra
AU  - Amelia Sos
AU  - Margarita Tomás
AU  - Antonio Valero
AU  - Montse Vendrell
AU  - Manel Vilà
AU  - Miquel Vilardell
AU  - Ana Villar
AU  - Renée Vink
TI  - Ten years of occupational respiratory diseases (ORD) registry in Catalonia
DP  - 2013 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P1902
VI  - 42
IP  - Suppl 57
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P1902.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P1902.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2013 Sep 01; 42
AB  - Aim:We present the results of ten years of an ORD voluntary surveillance system implemented in Catalonia and compare with the compulsory.Methods:Allergologists, occupational and chest physicians collected cases online or/and by postal card every two months.Results:The notification was stable over time with a mean of 373 newly diagnosed cases/year. The most frequent ORD was occupational asthma (OA) (41%). The most frequent causal agents were: isocyanates 171 (14%), flour 159 (13%), persulphates 113 (9%), cleaning products 107 (9%) and wood dust 75 (6%). There was a decline in the reporting of OA and also in acute inhalation and RADS. The second ORD most frequently reported were asbestos related diseases. We observed an increase in the notification of mesothelioma, from 29 cases between 2003-2005 to 67 cases between 2009-2011.The number of cases recorded by the voluntary register was between 3.1 to 4.4 times higher than the compulsory system.Conclusions:The ORD notification in this voluntary registry in Catalonia remained stable for ten years. OA and asbestos related diseases were the most frequent ORD. While a decrease in the reporting of OA, acute inhalation and RADS was observed, an increase occurred in mesothelioma. The compulsory scheme for reporting ORD is seriously underreporting.