[Occupation and hypertension].

Rev Saude Publica

Departamento de Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (UNESP), SP, Brasil.

Published: October 1993

Scientific reports on Arterial Blood Hypertension for the period from 1970 to 1989 are reviewed, with special reference to its epidemiological focusing among workers. The knowledge gained and the theoretical and methodological advances associated with it are assessed.

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