text: **Acknowledgements**
  EU-OSHA wishes to thank the European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social 
  Affairs and Inclusion for their contributions and support, in particular Matthias Fritz. 
  
  Thanks to Jukka Takala, Subas Neupane and Päivi Hämäläinen for the provision of their estimates of 
  the global burden of disease. EU-OSHA also thanks Frank Pega and Natalie Momen from the World 
  Health Organization (WHO) for the kind provision of an extract of EU27 data from its Occupational 
  Burden of Disease database. Joana Soares and Réka Zayzon have meticulously checked data and 
  calculations of this report. 
  
  Lead author: Lothar Lieck (EU-OSHA) 
  
  Co-authors and contributors: Ioannis Anyfantis, Xabier Irastorza, Lorenzo Munar, Birgit Müller, 
  Malgorzata Milczarek, William Cockburn, Andrew Smith (EU-OSHA). 