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We read with interest the article by Leigh et al¹; the authors did an outstanding job of tackling the difficult task of estimating the costs as well as the magnitude of occupational injuries and illnesses in the United States. This report serves as a natural follow-up to the groundwork laid by earlier estimates of the burden of occupational diseases in various geographical regions, including New York State, prepared by some of the same authors,² and Canada.³

We should take this opportunity to recall that previous writers^4-6 have included the burden of illness itself and the failure to recognize these diseases⁷ among the explanations for the need for improved education of physicians in occupational and environmental medicine at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We can now include the estimates of the costs and magnitude of these diseases and injuries provided by Leigh and colleagues¹ in our armamentarium for communicating the . . . [Full Text of this Article]