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Alessandro Sassi1, Karen Bufton2, Rudolf van der Haar3
1Société Française des Hygiénistes du Travail (SOFHYT), Brignais, France.
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EPOH is the European Platform for Occupational Hygiene, the association that unites national occupational hygiene associations in Europe. The objective of EPOH is to improve, promote, and develop the professional practice of occupational hygiene. In turn, occupational hygiene is the discipline dedicated to anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling health hazards in the working environment. This commentary describes a workshop conducted in June 2024 and its outcome, regarding the development of a European Occupational Hygiene Competency Framework.
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