Abstract

ROJAS VAZQUEZ, Evelyn Ivette et al. Working risk counselling: identification and prevention of the occupational risk. Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol [online]. 2004, vol.42, n.3. ISSN 0253-1751.

In order to develop the occupational health service of theToxicology and Biomedicine Center of Santiago de Cuba, a document (working risk counselling) was made starting from the identification of the main working risks and their toxic effects for health on the short and long term. To this end, there were made an exhaustive bibliographic search, a quantitative assessment of the physical risks and a qualitative evaluation of the chemical risks that allowed to establish a possible association of these risks with the result of the occupational health study conducted among the exposed workers. The informative aspects of this document, the working methodology and the consulted information sources were shown in the present paper.

Keywords : Working risk counselling; working risks; toxic effects; occupational health.