Abstract

ROBAINA AGUIRRE, Caristina; ROBAINA AGUIRRE, Fermín  and  TAMARGO RODRIGUEZ, Nelson. Occupational epidemiology as a basic tool for workers' health. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2006, vol.22, n.2. ISSN 0864-2125.

A review of the development of Epidemiology as a science, and its significance in public health in general, was made. The old and new definitions of epidemiology, of chronic, transmissible and non-transmissible diseases, of social epidemiology concept, etc., are analysed to further deal with the importance of Occupational Epidemiology in Public Health.

Keywords : Epidemic; endemic; community.

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