Developing regional workplace health and hazard surveillance in the Americas
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Developing regional workplace health and hazard surveillance in the Americas.
An objective of the Workers' Health Program at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is to strengthen surveillance in workers' health in the Region of the Americas in order to implement prevention and control strategies. To date, four phases of projects have been organized to develop multinational workplace health and hazard surveillance in the Region. Phase 1 was a workshop held in 1999 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1020-4989
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892001001200002