Introduction:

workplaces constitute special environments in which exposures to occupational risk factors contribute to workers' morbidity and mortality; however, occupational diseases are not always recognized.

Objective:

to evaluate aspects related to the most frequent occupational diseases in Villa Clara Province so that the family physician can differentiate them from common affections and make the opportune referral of the worker.

Methods:

a bibliographic review was carried out from March to September 2022. Different search engines were used to access several referential databases (BIREME, Ebsco, SciELO regional, PubMed and others) that offered full texts, indexes and academic periodicals. The main theoretical procedures applied were induction-deduction, analysis-synthesis, abstraction and integration, which made it possible to perform a systemic assessment of the object of study.

Conclusions:

the identification by the family physician of diseases of occupational or professional origin and their referral for early diagnosis is important not only for those who suffer from them, but also for the labor group, because the prevention of these ailments through systematic screening helps to detect people going through incipient stages and to take preventive measures to minimize or eliminate the causes.

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