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Enum: ILOCausativeAgentEnum

The causative-agent axis of the ILO List of Occupational Diseases (revised 2010): section 1 (diseases caused by chemical, physical and biological agents arising from work activities) and section 3 (occupational cancer, itself titled "Cancer caused by the following agents"). Items point to their subsection, and subsections to their section, via is_a; assign the most specific applicable item.

Orthogonal to ILODiseaseCategoryEnum — a disease commonly takes an item from both, and this slot is multivalued because more than one agent item can apply.

URI: dismech:enum/ILOCausativeAgentEnum

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description Additional Info
caused_by_agents_arising_from_work None ILO section 1: Occupational diseases caused by exposure to agents arising fro...
chemical_agents None ILO section 1 Is-A: NONE
beryllium None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
cadmium None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
phosphorus None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
chromium None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
manganese None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
arsenic None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
mercury None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
lead None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
fluorine None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
carbon_disulfide None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
halogen_derivatives_of_hydrocarbons None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
benzene_and_homologues None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
nitro_and_amino_derivatives_of_benzene None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
nitric_acid_esters None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
alcohols_glycols_or_ketones None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
asphyxiants None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
acrylonitrile None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
oxides_of_nitrogen None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
vanadium None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
antimony None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
hexane None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
mineral_acids None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
pharmaceutical_agents None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
nickel None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
thallium None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
osmium None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
selenium None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
copper None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
platinum None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
tin None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
zinc None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
phosgene None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
corneal_irritants None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
ammonia None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
isocyanates None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
pesticides None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
sulphur_oxides None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
organic_solvents None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
latex None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
chlorine None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
other_chemical_agents None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
physical_agents None ILO section 1 Is-A: NONE
hearing_impairment_caused_by_noise None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
vibration None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
compressed_or_decompressed_air None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
ionizing_radiation None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
optical_radiation None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
extreme_temperatures None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
other_physical_agents None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
biological_agents_and_infectious_or_parasitic_diseases None ILO section 1 Is-A: NONE
brucellosis None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
hepatitis_viruses None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
human_immunodeficiency_virus None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
tetanus None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
tuberculosis None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
toxic_or_inflammatory_syndromes_from_bacterial_or_fungal_contaminants None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
anthrax None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
leptospirosis None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
other_biological_agents None ILO item 1 Is-A: NONE
occupational_cancer None ILO section 3: Occupational cancer
cancer_caused_by_agents None ILO section 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_asbestos None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_benzidine_and_salts None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_bis_chloromethyl_ether None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_chromium_vi_compounds None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_coal_tars_pitches_or_soots None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_beta_naphthylamine None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_vinyl_chloride None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_benzene None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_nitro_and_amino_derivatives_of_benzene None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_ionizing_radiation None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_tar_pitch_bitumen_mineral_oil_anthracene None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_coke_oven_emissions None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_nickel_compounds None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_wood_dust None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_arsenic None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_beryllium None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_cadmium None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_erionite None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_ethylene_oxide None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_hepatitis_b_and_c_viruses None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE
cancer_other_agents None ILO item 3 Is-A: NONE

Slots

Name Description
classification_value

In Subsets

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech

LinkML Source

name: ILOCausativeAgentEnum
description: 'The **causative-agent axis** of the ILO List of Occupational Diseases
  (revised 2010): section 1 (diseases caused by chemical, physical and biological
  agents arising from work activities) and section 3 (occupational cancer, itself
  titled "Cancer caused by the following agents"). Items point to their subsection,
  and subsections to their section, via ``is_a``; assign the most specific applicable
  item.

  Orthogonal to ``ILODiseaseCategoryEnum``  a disease commonly takes an item from
  both, and this slot is multivalued because more than one agent item can apply.'
in_subset:
- ilo_causative_agent_axis
from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
source: https://www.ilo.org/publications/ilo-list-occupational-diseases-revised-2010
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  caused_by_agents_arising_from_work:
    text: caused_by_agents_arising_from_work
    description: 'ILO section 1: Occupational diseases caused by exposure to agents
      arising from work activities. Classifies by causative agent rather than by the
      resulting disease. Orthogonal to section 2.'
  chemical_agents:
    text: chemical_agents
    description: 'ILO section 1.1: Diseases caused by chemical agents. The largest
      subsection (41 items); each item names an agent or agent family, and covers
      whatever disease that agent causes at work.'
    is_a: caused_by_agents_arising_from_work
  beryllium:
    text: beryllium
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.1: Diseases caused by beryllium or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  cadmium:
    text: cadmium
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.2: Diseases caused by cadmium or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  phosphorus:
    text: phosphorus
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.3: Diseases caused by phosphorus or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  chromium:
    text: chromium
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.4: Diseases caused by chromium or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  manganese:
    text: manganese
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.5: Diseases caused by manganese or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  arsenic:
    text: arsenic
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.6: Diseases caused by arsenic or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  mercury:
    text: mercury
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.7: Diseases caused by mercury or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  lead:
    text: lead
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.8: Diseases caused by lead or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  fluorine:
    text: fluorine
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.9: Diseases caused by fluorine or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  carbon_disulfide:
    text: carbon_disulfide
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.10: Diseases caused by carbon disulfide.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  halogen_derivatives_of_hydrocarbons:
    text: halogen_derivatives_of_hydrocarbons
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.11: Diseases caused by halogen derivatives of aliphatic
      or aromatic hydrocarbons.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  benzene_and_homologues:
    text: benzene_and_homologues
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.12: Diseases caused by benzene or its homologues.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  nitro_and_amino_derivatives_of_benzene:
    text: nitro_and_amino_derivatives_of_benzene
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.13: Diseases caused by nitro- and amino-derivatives
      of benzene or its homologues.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  nitric_acid_esters:
    text: nitric_acid_esters
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.14: Diseases caused by nitroglycerine or other nitric
      acid esters.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  alcohols_glycols_or_ketones:
    text: alcohols_glycols_or_ketones
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.15: Diseases caused by alcohols, glycols or ketones.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  asphyxiants:
    text: asphyxiants
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.16: Diseases caused by asphyxiants like carbon monoxide,
      hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen cyanide or its derivatives.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  acrylonitrile:
    text: acrylonitrile
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.17: Diseases caused by acrylonitrile.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  oxides_of_nitrogen:
    text: oxides_of_nitrogen
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.18: Diseases caused by oxides of nitrogen.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  vanadium:
    text: vanadium
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.19: Diseases caused by vanadium or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  antimony:
    text: antimony
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.20: Diseases caused by antimony or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  hexane:
    text: hexane
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.21: Diseases caused by hexane.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  mineral_acids:
    text: mineral_acids
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.22: Diseases caused by mineral acids.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  pharmaceutical_agents:
    text: pharmaceutical_agents
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.23: Diseases caused by pharmaceutical agents.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  nickel:
    text: nickel
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.24: Diseases caused by nickel or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  thallium:
    text: thallium
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.25: Diseases caused by thallium or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  osmium:
    text: osmium
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.26: Diseases caused by osmium or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  selenium:
    text: selenium
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.27: Diseases caused by selenium or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  copper:
    text: copper
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.28: Diseases caused by copper or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  platinum:
    text: platinum
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.29: Diseases caused by platinum or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  tin:
    text: tin
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.30: Diseases caused by tin or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  zinc:
    text: zinc
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.31: Diseases caused by zinc or its compounds.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  phosgene:
    text: phosgene
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.32: Diseases caused by phosgene.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  corneal_irritants:
    text: corneal_irritants
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.33: Diseases caused by corneal irritants like benzoquinone.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  ammonia:
    text: ammonia
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.34: Diseases caused by ammonia.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  isocyanates:
    text: isocyanates
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.35: Diseases caused by isocyanates.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  pesticides:
    text: pesticides
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.36: Diseases caused by pesticides.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  sulphur_oxides:
    text: sulphur_oxides
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.37: Diseases caused by sulphur oxides.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  organic_solvents:
    text: organic_solvents
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.38: Diseases caused by organic solvents.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  latex:
    text: latex
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.39: Diseases caused by latex or latex-containing products.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  chlorine:
    text: chlorine
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.40: Diseases caused by chlorine.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  other_chemical_agents:
    text: other_chemical_agents
    description: 'ILO item 1.1.41 (open item): Diseases caused by other chemical agents
      at work not mentioned in the preceding items where a direct link is established
      scientifically, or determined by methods appropriate to national conditions
      and practice, between the exposure to these chemical agents arising from work
      activities and the disease(s) contracted by the worker. Name the actual agent
      in ``notes``.'
    is_a: chemical_agents
  physical_agents:
    text: physical_agents
    description: 'ILO section 1.2: Diseases caused by physical agents.'
    is_a: caused_by_agents_arising_from_work
  hearing_impairment_caused_by_noise:
    text: hearing_impairment_caused_by_noise
    description: 'ILO item 1.2.1: Hearing impairment caused by noise.'
    is_a: physical_agents
  vibration:
    text: vibration
    description: 'ILO item 1.2.2: Diseases caused by vibration (disorders of muscles,
      tendons, bones, joints, peripheral blood vessels or peripheral nerves).'
    is_a: physical_agents
  compressed_or_decompressed_air:
    text: compressed_or_decompressed_air
    description: 'ILO item 1.2.3: Diseases caused by compressed or decompressed air.'
    is_a: physical_agents
  ionizing_radiation:
    text: ionizing_radiation
    description: 'ILO item 1.2.4: Diseases caused by ionizing radiations.'
    is_a: physical_agents
  optical_radiation:
    text: optical_radiation
    description: 'ILO item 1.2.5: Diseases caused by optical (ultraviolet, visible
      light, infrared) radiations including laser.'
    is_a: physical_agents
  extreme_temperatures:
    text: extreme_temperatures
    description: 'ILO item 1.2.6: Diseases caused by exposure to extreme temperatures.'
    is_a: physical_agents
  other_physical_agents:
    text: other_physical_agents
    description: 'ILO item 1.2.7 (open item): Diseases caused by other physical agents
      at work not mentioned in the preceding items where a direct link is established
      scientifically, or determined by methods appropriate to national conditions
      and practice, between the exposure to these physical agents arising from work
      activities and the disease(s) contracted by the worker. Name the actual agent
      in ``notes``.'
    is_a: physical_agents
  biological_agents_and_infectious_or_parasitic_diseases:
    text: biological_agents_and_infectious_or_parasitic_diseases
    description: 'ILO section 1.3: Biological agents and infectious or parasitic diseases.
      Unlike the rest of section 1, most items name the disease directly rather than
      the agent.'
    is_a: caused_by_agents_arising_from_work
  brucellosis:
    text: brucellosis
    description: 'ILO item 1.3.1: Brucellosis.'
    is_a: biological_agents_and_infectious_or_parasitic_diseases
  hepatitis_viruses:
    text: hepatitis_viruses
    description: 'ILO item 1.3.2: Hepatitis viruses.'
    is_a: biological_agents_and_infectious_or_parasitic_diseases
  human_immunodeficiency_virus:
    text: human_immunodeficiency_virus
    description: 'ILO item 1.3.3: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).'
    is_a: biological_agents_and_infectious_or_parasitic_diseases
  tetanus:
    text: tetanus
    description: 'ILO item 1.3.4: Tetanus.'
    is_a: biological_agents_and_infectious_or_parasitic_diseases
  tuberculosis:
    text: tuberculosis
    description: 'ILO item 1.3.5: Tuberculosis.'
    is_a: biological_agents_and_infectious_or_parasitic_diseases
  toxic_or_inflammatory_syndromes_from_bacterial_or_fungal_contaminants:
    text: toxic_or_inflammatory_syndromes_from_bacterial_or_fungal_contaminants
    description: 'ILO item 1.3.6: Toxic or inflammatory syndromes associated with
      bacterial or fungal contaminants.'
    is_a: biological_agents_and_infectious_or_parasitic_diseases
  anthrax:
    text: anthrax
    description: 'ILO item 1.3.7: Anthrax.'
    is_a: biological_agents_and_infectious_or_parasitic_diseases
  leptospirosis:
    text: leptospirosis
    description: 'ILO item 1.3.8: Leptospirosis.'
    is_a: biological_agents_and_infectious_or_parasitic_diseases
  other_biological_agents:
    text: other_biological_agents
    description: 'ILO item 1.3.9 (open item): Diseases caused by other biological
      agents at work not mentioned in the preceding items where a direct link is established
      scientifically, or determined by methods appropriate to national conditions
      and practice, between the exposure to these biological agents arising from work
      activities and the disease(s) contracted by the worker. Name the actual agent
      in ``notes``. This is the item under which COVID-19 in health and care workers
      is recognised, the ILO list predating the pandemic.'
    is_a: biological_agents_and_infectious_or_parasitic_diseases
  occupational_cancer:
    text: occupational_cancer
    description: 'ILO section 3: Occupational cancer. Its single subsection lists
      the agents whose causal link to cancer is recognised; the item names the agent,
      not the tumour type.'
  cancer_caused_by_agents:
    text: cancer_caused_by_agents
    description: 'ILO section 3.1: Cancer caused by the following agents.'
    is_a: occupational_cancer
  cancer_asbestos:
    text: cancer_asbestos
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.1: Cancer caused by asbestos.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_benzidine_and_salts:
    text: cancer_benzidine_and_salts
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.2: Cancer caused by benzidine and its salts.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_bis_chloromethyl_ether:
    text: cancer_bis_chloromethyl_ether
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.3: Cancer caused by bis-chloromethyl ether (BCME).'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_chromium_vi_compounds:
    text: cancer_chromium_vi_compounds
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.4: Cancer caused by chromium VI compounds.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_coal_tars_pitches_or_soots:
    text: cancer_coal_tars_pitches_or_soots
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.5: Cancer caused by coal tars, coal tar pitches or
      soots.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_beta_naphthylamine:
    text: cancer_beta_naphthylamine
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.6: Cancer caused by beta-naphthylamine.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_vinyl_chloride:
    text: cancer_vinyl_chloride
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.7: Cancer caused by vinyl chloride.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_benzene:
    text: cancer_benzene
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.8: Cancer caused by benzene.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_nitro_and_amino_derivatives_of_benzene:
    text: cancer_nitro_and_amino_derivatives_of_benzene
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.9: Cancer caused by toxic nitro- and amino-derivatives
      of benzene or its homologues.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_ionizing_radiation:
    text: cancer_ionizing_radiation
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.10: Cancer caused by ionizing radiations.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_tar_pitch_bitumen_mineral_oil_anthracene:
    text: cancer_tar_pitch_bitumen_mineral_oil_anthracene
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.11: Cancer caused by tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil,
      anthracene, or the compounds, products or residues of these substances.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_coke_oven_emissions:
    text: cancer_coke_oven_emissions
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.12: Cancer caused by coke oven emissions.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_nickel_compounds:
    text: cancer_nickel_compounds
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.13: Cancer caused by nickel compounds.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_wood_dust:
    text: cancer_wood_dust
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.14: Cancer caused by wood dust.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_arsenic:
    text: cancer_arsenic
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.15: Cancer caused by arsenic and its compounds.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_beryllium:
    text: cancer_beryllium
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.16: Cancer caused by beryllium and its compounds.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_cadmium:
    text: cancer_cadmium
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.17: Cancer caused by cadmium and its compounds.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_erionite:
    text: cancer_erionite
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.18: Cancer caused by erionite.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_ethylene_oxide:
    text: cancer_ethylene_oxide
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.19: Cancer caused by ethylene oxide.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_hepatitis_b_and_c_viruses:
    text: cancer_hepatitis_b_and_c_viruses
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.20: Cancer caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis
      C virus (HCV).'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents
  cancer_other_agents:
    text: cancer_other_agents
    description: 'ILO item 3.1.21 (open item): Cancers caused by other agents at work
      not mentioned in the preceding items where a direct link is established scientifically,
      or determined by methods appropriate to national conditions and practice, between
      the exposure to these agents arising from work activities and the cancer(s)
      contracted by the worker. Name the actual agent in ``notes``.'
    is_a: cancer_caused_by_agents