The quality of occupational health data in Latin America and the Caribbean / Calidad de los datos de salud ocupacional en America Latina y el Caribe
Rev. panam. salud publica
; 5(1): 66-67, Jan. 1999.
Artigo
em Espanhol
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| ID: med-16912
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TT5
Localização: TT5; W1 RE718AW
ABSTRACT
Work-related accidents and illnesses cause significant economic and social losses in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, the lack of reliable and systematized data on that situation makes it harder for health authorities and business operators to make decisions and for workers and the general public to take steps to improve working conditions, reduce risks, and prevent those accidents and illnesses. To address that concern, the Program on Workers' Health of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) coordinated the Project on Systematizing Basic Data on Workers' Health in the Countries of the Americas. A report on the project issued in August 1998 contains results, conclusions, and recommendations based on data collected from 10 countries of the Region Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. As a follow-up to this research, PAHO is working to compile more specific information on occupational health in the countries of the Region, through an approach that would improve the quality of the information and make it easier to compare the data that is collected (AU)
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Assunto principal:
Acidentes de Trabalho
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Saúde Ocupacional
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Região do Caribe
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Medição de Risco
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América Latina
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Fatores de risco
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. panam. salud publica
Ano de publicação:
1999
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