@article{2021:krito:covid19_,
title = {Covid-19: the most common occupational disease in 2020 in the Republic of Croatia},
year = {2021},
note = {The global pandemic of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the consequent illness
of healthcare workers from Covid-19 are largely responsible for the
increase in the reported number of occupational diseases in the
healthcare and social care sector in 2020 in the Republic of Croatia.
It is important to note that Covid-19 was the most common occupational
disease in the field in 2020. The health sector is first in line as a
result of workers’ role in the diagnosis and treatment of those
suffering from the disease and it could therefore be expected that the
largest number of sick workers would be in this sector. After recovery
(approximately 15 days), and assuming there are no complications, sick
workers return to work but as we do not yet know the extent of the
effects of this disease, it is not possible to predict whether there
will be subsequent absences due to complications from Covid-19. This
article reports the trends in the notification of occupational
diseases under Croatia’s involved reporting system and categorises
workers experiencing occupational diseases by type of disease, sector
of activity and geographical location.},
journal = {SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe},
pages = {167--180},
author = {Krišto, Ivana and Kovač, Cvetan and Šijaković, Ana},
volume = {24},
number = {2}
}