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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral
On-line version ISSN 1561-3038
Abstract
GOMEZ VITAL, Miguel and ORIHUELA DE LA CAL, Jorge Luis. Letalidad por accidentes de trabajo en Villa Clara. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 1999, vol.15, n.5, pp. 516-519. ISSN 1561-3038.
The problem of letality from working accidents in the province of Villa Clara from 1987 to 1997 was evaluated. The main causes were also determined. Individual negligent behaviour proved to be the first cause. More deaths from working accidents were registered late in the 1980s. Most of these accidents occurred at the working place. It was stressed the important role played by the medical team at the working institutions
Keywords : ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL [mortality]; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE.