A comprehensive health program in a manganese ore mining community in the Amazon region of Brazil.
It is clear that organizations which conduct operations in undeveloped areas lacking medical and sanitary facilities must assume responsibilities in broad areas of health service and environmental control. These responsibilities go far beyond those of traditional occupational medicine. In addition, adequate provision must be made to counteract stresses which may be associated with radical cultural and situational change.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008345:Manganese; D008875:Middle Aged; D008906:Mining; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D012917:Social Adjustment
D008345:Manganese