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Professional illnesses

They are suffered by workers as a result of changing environmental conditions caused by their work. The revised text of the General Social Security Act defines Professional illnesses as "the one contracted by the worker as a result of work performed". Some identifying features of occupational diseases are: slow development (even can be in years), non-violent appearance and caused by aggresive situations came up by the environment modifications (physical, chemical and biological). (RD 1299/2006)