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alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
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Also access to preventive services and for
health and accepted productivity for the health
condition of the worker, including the psycho-
social component. Because it is important this
type of study, information obtained through the
study, it would serve to monitor the health
condition of our workers. At the same time it
would provide scientific evidence necessary for
the formulation of questions of investigation
and in the documentation of proposals and
agendas of investigations.
A sub-group of interest within the work
force are residents in the region served by UPR
Cayey are the workers in beauty salons. These
are the women who dye hair, style hair but
particularly the women who work with acrylic
nails. As part of their work these women can
be exposed to substances that could be related
to an increment in the risk of asthma and other
respiratory diseases.
As can be seen in this graphic, in Puerto
Rico asthma is one of the diseases of major
prevalence in adults. Here we can see that it