[Development of occupational medicine in industrialized countries]

The quality of the occupational medical care could be improved by considering the following points: -- the participation of occupational physicians on inspections of enterprises should be increased, -- the medical supervision instances of work protection should have efficient laboratories, -- the occupational health services in the enterprises should be established; they should have a sufficient number of trained personnel and be sufficiently equipped with instruments, -- the institutes of occupational medicine at the universities should be developed, -- following the circumstances, there should also be established central institutes for occupational health.