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Document ID (ISN)111455
CIS number 11-0034
ISSN - Serial title 0049-0059 - Segurança
Year 2009
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Durão Á.
Title AIDS, work and health
Original title SIDA, trabalho e saúde ocupacional [in Portuguese]
Bibliographic information Jan.-Feb. 2009, Vol.XLIV, No.188, p.14-19. Illus.
Abstract This article on AIDS, work and health addresses the issues of risk and HIV infection prevention in the health care sector. It considers AIDS as an individual, public, community and worldwide disease, referring to the definition of health as a global resource that needs to be protected by eliminating or controlling risk factors.
Descriptors (primary) immunodeficiency syndrome; responsibilities of employers; plant safety and health organization
Descriptors (secondary) ILO; WHO; work efficiency; occupational diseases; information dissemination; information of personnel; economic aspects
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Medicine, hygiene and first aid
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) HIV/AIDS
Globalization