Employees working in the waste management sector are exposed to a number of risks, particularly those associated with a high level of manual work and the complexity of the incoming waste. The objectives of this study were to draw up an inventory (bibliography and expert opinion) of the medical monitoring of employees in these sectors in France and abroad. The work focused on 5 main areas: - as a preamble, a reminder of the health effects in the waste industry; - the results of medical monitoring (results of studies based on the content of medical check-ups); - the regulations governing medical monitoring in France and abroad. Medical monitoring practices in France and abroad, with a comparison with other business sectors (including a survey of a sample of occupational physicians). At the end of the work, proposals for improving medical monitoring were drawn up.
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