ABSTRACT Objective: To identify in the literature the carcinogenic agents found in the work environment, the occupations and the risk for lung cancer. Method: A descriptive and analytical study of the Integrative Literature Review type was carried out in national and international databases from the la...
Abstract Leptospirosis is important in Uruguay due to the economic loss caused by the diseases of production animals, mainly bovines, and also due to frequent human infection. We decided to study anti-Leptospira antibodies in the sera of dairy workers, rice laborers, veterinarians, suburban slum dwellers...
Estudios Seroepidemiológicos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Leptospirosis/prevención & control,
Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/sangre,
Exposición a Riesgos Ambientales/efectos adversos,
Leptospira/inmunología,
Leptospirosis/sangre,
Leptospirosis/epidemiología,
Leptospirosis/etiología,
Exposición Profesional/efectos adversos,
Condiciones Sociales,
Uruguay/epidemiología
ABSTRACT Objective: to determine the presence of socio-environmental risk factors for the development of Green Tobacco Sickness in workers who grow Burley tobacco. Method: matched case-control study. The data collection took place in two moments: from December 2016 to January 2017 and December 2017, wh...
Enfermedades de los Trabajadores Agrícolas/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Trabajadores Agrícolas/etiología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Cotinina/efectos adversos,
Cotinina/análisis,
Cotinina/orina,
Agricultores/estadística & datos numéricos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Exposición Profesional/efectos adversos,
Nicotiana/efectos adversos,
Nicotiana/metabolismo,
Industria del Tabaco/métodos,
Industria del Tabaco/normas,
Industria del Tabaco/estadística & datos numéricos
Objective: The study’s goal has been to analyze if environmental or occupational exposure to pesticides can produce changes in pregnant women living in a countryside municipality. Methods: The participants of this study were twenty-three pregnant women, who both answered a questionnaire and donated bio...
Abstract: Objective: To assess neuropsychological performance among workers at a paint factory in Mexico City. Materials and methods: During 2004 and 2005 we assessed the neuropsychological performance of 208 workers who were exposed to organic solvents at a paint factory, mainly toluene and xylene. We...
Factores de Edad,
Atención/efectos de los fármacos,
Estudios Transversales,
Escolaridad,
Modelos Lineales,
México,
Pruebas Neuropsicológicas,
Exposición Profesional/efectos adversos,
Pintura/toxicidad,
Desempeño Psicomotor/efectos de los fármacos,
Solventes/toxicidad,
Factores de Tiempo,
Tolueno/toxicidad,
Xilenos/toxicidad
Resumo Os agrotóxicos podem causar inúmeros problemas de saúde e são considerados agentes otoagressores. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar as características auditivas nas altas frequências em trabalhadores com e sem exposição aos agrotóxicos, que apresentaram resultados normais na audiometri...
Audiometría,
Estudios Transversales,
Pérdida Auditiva/diagnóstico,
Pérdida Auditiva/epidemiología,
Pruebas Auditivas,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Enfermedades Profesionales/diagnóstico,
Enfermedades Profesionales/epidemiología,
Exposición Profesional/efectos adversos,
Equipo de Protección Personal,
Plaguicidas/toxicidad,
Población Rural
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE To review articles that evaluated the prevalence of Raynaud's phenomenon of occupational origin. METHODS The search for articles was carried out in the Medline (via PubMed), Embase, Web of Science, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), and Latin America and Caribbean Health...
Resumen Introducción. La exposición a solventes orgánicos y pinturas se ha asociado con efectos genotóxicos y mayor riesgo de neoplasias. Sin embargo, aún no se ha caracterizado bien el tipo de daño que esta exposición induce en el ADN humano, ni los mecanismos por los cuales se genera. Uno de lo...
Daño del ADN,
Metilación de ADN,
Exposición Profesional/efectos adversos,
Estrés Oxidativo,
Pintura/toxicidad,
Solventes/toxicidad,
Automóviles,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Supervivencia Celular,
Ensayo Cometa,
Estudios Transversales,
ADN/efectos de los fármacos,
Linfocitos/efectos de los fármacos,
Mutágenos/toxicidad
Abstract: Objective: Environmental and occupational agents are causes of cancer and disease worldwide while their control and the reduction of the associated disease burden remains complex. Materials and methods: This paper summarizes the current status of the burden of environmental and occupational ...
Contaminación del Aire Interior/efectos adversos,
Américas,
Amianto/toxicidad,
Brasil,
Carcinógenos/toxicidad,
Enfermedad/etiología,
Contaminantes Ambientales/toxicidad,
Epidemiología,
Enfermedades Profesionales/etiología,
Exposición Profesional/efectos adversos,
Panamá,
Contaminación por Petróleo/efectos adversos,
Distribución por Sexo,
Factores de Riesgo
Abstract Exposure to pesticides by the rural population is increasing worldwide. Pesticides can induce the development of different diseases such as cancer and diseases of the central nervous system. This study analysed the clinical symptoms and haematological changes of a rural population in Conceição...
