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enhancers. That is medication like tranquilizers, particularly in highly emotional jobs, or stimulants to survive long 
working hours - truck drivers, pilots, doctors etc.. 
457 DG SANTE Health and Food Safety, Area Public Health, (https://ec.europa.eu/health/home_en ), Section on 
EU Action on Health, subsections ‘State of Health in the EU’ (https://ec.europa.eu/health/state/summary_en) and 
‘indicators and Data’ (https://ec.europa.eu/health/indicators_data/overview_en)  
458 Desiere, S., Lenaerts, K, 2020: Integrate and Harmonise National Surveys on Working Conditions? A scoping 
paper, Horizon project: InGRID-2, Integrating Research Infrastructure for European expertise on Inclusive Growth 
from data to policy – project number 730998 https://www.inclusivegrowth.eu/files/Output/D11.5-scoping-paper.pdf  
459 Desiere, S., Lenaerts, K., 2020: Integrate and Harmonise National Surveys on Working Conditions? p16 
460 ILO: National profiles on occupational safety and health National profiles on occupational safety and health  
461 WHO: Global Health Observatory https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/mortality-and-global-health-
estimates  
462 Quote here the new ILO Publication on OSH statistics 
463 Denmark: Ahlmark, N. et al, 2015: Survey nonresponse among ethnic minorities in a national health survey--a 
mixed-method study of participation, barriers, and potentials, in: Ethn Health 2015; 20(6):611-32, doi: 
10.1080/13557858.2014.979768. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25411892/  
Netherlands: Mölenberg, F.J.M., de Vries, C., Burdorf, A. et al. 2021: A framework for exploring non-response 
patterns over time in health surveys. BMC Med Res Methodol 21, 37 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-
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working group position paper. Int Arch Occup Environ Health (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-021-01803-x  
464 ‘European platform tackling undeclared work’, https://www.ela.europa.eu/european-platform-tackling-
undeclared-work  
465 Eurofound: New Forms of Employment, 2020 Update, New Forms of Employment  
466 Fundamental Rights Agency FRA, https://fra.europa.eu/en, Section on ‘Trafficking and labour exploitation 
467 European Labour Authority: https://www.ela.europa.eu/en/home  
468 Besamusca, J., Steinmetz, S.: Vulnerable Groups in European Data Sets, An inventory of the measurement of 
vulnerable groups in 27 data sets covering the European area, Working paper, Horizon project: InGRID-2, 
Integrating Research Infrastructure for European expertise on Inclusive Growth 
https://www.inclusivegrowth.eu/files/Output/D11.3_inventory_report.pdf  
469 European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, 2013: Analysis of the determinants of workplace 
occupational safety and health practice in a selection of EU Member States, Luxembourg: Publications Office of 
the European Union, doi:10.2802/55885 
470 The ‘Directive 89/654/EEC concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace’ covers 
the following aspects: stability and solidity, electrical installations, emergency routes and exits, fire detection and 
firefighting, ventilation of enclosed workplaces, room temperature, natural and artificial room lighting, floors, walls, 
ceilings and roofs of rooms, windows and skylights, doors and gates, traffic routes - danger areas, specific 
measures for escalators and travelators, loading bays and ramps, room dimensions and air space in rooms - 
freedom of movement at the workstation, rest rooms, pregnant women and nursing mothers, sanitary equipment, 
first aid rooms/equipment, disabled workers, outdoor workplaces (special provisions), Movement of pedestrians 
and vehicles 
471 As example, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, 2020: Biological agents and prevention of work-