| Document ID (ISN) | 112383 |
| CIS number |
12-0146 |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Bernales B., Klarián M.A. |
| Title |
PEECASI - External evaluation programme of the quality of medical examinations related to silicosis |
| Original title |
PEECASI - Programme de evaluación externa de la calidad de los exámenes médicos relacionados a la silicosis [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Departamento Salud Ocupacional y Contaminación Ambiental , av. Marathon 1000, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7780050, Chile, Feb. 2007, 35p. Illus. 17 ref. |
| Internet access |
PEECASI_[INTERNET_FREE_ACCESS] [in Spanish]
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| Abstract |
Following an introduction providing estimates of the number of workers with silicosis and exposed to silica in Chile, this document presents the programme for the external evaluation of the quality of medical examinations related to silicosis. The programme has been developed by the Public Health Institute of Chile in fulfillment of its responsibilities and roles within the WHO/ILO National Programme for the Elimination of Silicosis (NPES). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Chile; quality control; medical examinations; occupational health laboratories; health programmes |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
ILO; WHO; silicosis; public OSH institutions |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | Chile |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Occupational health services
Pneumoconioses
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