| Document ID (ISN) | 104512 |
| CIS number |
06-50 |
| ISBN(s) |
987-21928-1-2 |
| Year |
2005 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Rodríguez C.A. |
| Title |
Workers' health: Contributions to a failed subject |
| Original title |
La salud de los trabajadores: contribuciones para una asignatura pendiente [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo (SRT), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2005. 445p. Illus. Bibl.ref. |
| Abstract |
This publication addresses issues related to the safety and health of workers in Latin America. Chapters cover the following main topics: pathologies and hazards at the place of work (cancer, reproductive or developmental effects, endocrine effects, pesticides, methodology for the medical supervision of workers, hazards in hospital settings); benefits and gaps in social security coverage in the field of occupational safety and health; analysis of occupational safety and health issues in Latin America and actions to be undertaken; improvements in working conditions; analysis of accident causes and safety and health training; major occupational safety and health issues (globalization, inequalities and their consequences, economic aspects, codes of conduct, ethics). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational safety and health; plant safety and health organization; Latin America; national organization |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
antifertility effects; legal aspects; pesticides; toxic substances; cancer; ethics; health care personnel; teratogenic effects; risk factors; endocrine effects; medical supervision; economic aspects |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | Argentina |
| Subject(s) |
Generalities
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Globalization
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