Epidemiological Surveillance And Occupational Respiratory Diseases [vigilância Epidemiológica E Doenças Ocupacionais Respiratórias]

For every communicable disease, the construction of a database is fundamental to prioritizing related measures (educational, prevention and control), as well as to the development of public health policies. Although various countries possess reliable systems of epidemiological surveillance, Brazil still lacks an adequate structure for the collection, processing and dissemination of data. We consider it imperative that the health professionals working in this area make a unified effort, as soon as possible, to compile a database that suitably addresses the epidemiology of occupational respiratory diseases.32SUPPL. 2S1S4Updated guidelines for evaluating public health surveillance systems: Recommendations from the Guidelines Working Group (2001) MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 50 (RR-13), pp. 1-35Wagner, G.R., (1996) Health Screening and Surveillance of Mineral Dust Exposed Workers, , Recommendation for the ILO Workers Group. Geneva. World Health OrganizationMeredith, S., Blanc, P.D., Surveillance: Clinical and epidemiological perspectives (1996) Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Disease, pp. 7-23. , Harber P, Balmes J, Schenker M. St Louis: Mosby(2003) Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report 2002 [Text on the Internet], , http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-111/2003-111.html, Atlanta: Center for Diseases Control and Prevention: 2003. DHHS (NIOSH) Number 2003-111(1992) ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. 10th Ed., , Geneva: World Health OrganizationPinheiro, G.A., Antão, V.C., Bang, K.M., Attfield, M.D., Malignant mesothelioma surveillance: A comparison of ICD 10 mortality data with SEER incidence data in nine areas of the United States (2004) Int J Occup Environ Health, 10 (3), pp. 251-255Protecting Miner's Safety and Health since 1978 (1969) Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, , http://www.msha.gov/solicitor/coalact/69act.htm, Mine Safety and Health Administration. Public Law no. 91-173 [text on the Internet]. Arlington, MSHA30 dez(1980) Guidelines for the Use of ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconiosis, , Geneva, Switzerland: International Labor Office, Occupational Safety and Health Series, 22Pneumoconiosis, , http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/pneumoconioses/default.html, Coal Worker's X-ray Surveillance Program [text on the Internet]. Atlanta: Center for Diseases Control and PreventionPneumoconiosis prevalence among working coal miners examined in federal chest radiograph surveillance programs - United States, 1996-2002 (2003) MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 52 (15), pp. 336-340(2005) Surveillance of Work-Related & Occupational Respiratory Disease [Text on the Internet], , http://www.coeh.man.ac.uk/thor/sword.htm, The Health and Occupation Reporting Network. Manchester: The University of Manchester. cited Aug 25(2000) Surveillance of Work-Related and Occupational Respiratory Diseases in South Africa (SORDSA) [Home Page on Internet], , http://www.asosh.org/Programmes/SORDSA/SORDSA.htm, Johannesburg: NCOH(2004) Finnish Statistics Register of Occupational Diseases [Text on the Internet], , http://europe.osha.eu.int/systems/osm/reports/Finnish_system_009.stm, Helsinki, Finlandlast update 2004 Dez 3(2005) Surveillance of Australian Workplace Based Respiratory Events [Home Page on the Internet], , http://www.sabrensw.org/default.htm, Sydney: The SABRE Project. cited Jul 10SABRE - Surveillance of Australian Workplace Based Respiratory Events [Text on the Internet], , http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/oeh/sabre.html, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. Abramson M, Elder D, Sim MAustralian Lung Foundatio