Incidence of high blood pressure in a group of tannery workers in Brazil

Incidence of high blood pressure in a group of tannery workers in Brazil

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The aim of this study was to measure the incidence of high blood pressure (HBP) in a medium-size tannery in Botucatu, São Paulo State, southeast Brazil. A previous study at this tannery showed a high prevalence of arterial hypertension. A positive correlation was found between cumulated work time an...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Cordeiro, Eduardo Rommel Olivência Peñaloza, Maria Rita Camargo Donalisio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
hypertension
incidence
tanning
occupational
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2004000400028&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-d160f3ff8a004402a71eee43c8e8123c2020-11-25T02:58:45ZengEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo CruzCadernos de Saúde Pública0102-311X1678-446420411211124S0102-311X2004000400028Incidence of high blood pressure in a group of tannery workers in BrazilRicardo Cordeiro0Eduardo Rommel Olivência Peñaloza1Maria Rita Camargo Donalisio2Universidade Estadual PaulistaUniversidade Estadual PaulistaUniversidade Estadual PaulistaThe aim of this study was to measure the incidence of high blood pressure (HBP) in a medium-size tannery in Botucatu, São Paulo State, southeast Brazil. A previous study at this tannery showed a high prevalence of arterial hypertension. A positive correlation was found between cumulated work time and arterial pressure. We followed a cohort of workers for seven years. At the end of this period, HBP incidence rate was calculated as 0.0964.year-1. This was considered high compared to other occupational groups.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2004000400028&lng=en&tlng=enhypertensionincidencetanningoccupational
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author Ricardo Cordeiro
Eduardo Rommel Olivência Peñaloza
Maria Rita Camargo Donalisio
spellingShingle Ricardo Cordeiro
Eduardo Rommel Olivência Peñaloza
Maria Rita Camargo Donalisio
Incidence of high blood pressure in a group of tannery workers in Brazil
Cadernos de Saúde Pública
hypertension
incidence
tanning
occupational
author_facet Ricardo Cordeiro
Eduardo Rommel Olivência Peñaloza
Maria Rita Camargo Donalisio
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title Incidence of high blood pressure in a group of tannery workers in Brazil
title_short Incidence of high blood pressure in a group of tannery workers in Brazil
title_full Incidence of high blood pressure in a group of tannery workers in Brazil
title_fullStr Incidence of high blood pressure in a group of tannery workers in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Incidence of high blood pressure in a group of tannery workers in Brazil
title_sort incidence of high blood pressure in a group of tannery workers in brazil
publisher Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
series Cadernos de Saúde Pública
issn 0102-311X
1678-4464
description The aim of this study was to measure the incidence of high blood pressure (HBP) in a medium-size tannery in Botucatu, São Paulo State, southeast Brazil. A previous study at this tannery showed a high prevalence of arterial hypertension. A positive correlation was found between cumulated work time and arterial pressure. We followed a cohort of workers for seven years. At the end of this period, HBP incidence rate was calculated as 0.0964.year-1. This was considered high compared to other occupational groups.
topic hypertension
incidence
tanning
occupational
url http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2004000400028&lng=en&tlng=en
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