title: Voice disorders in teachers: critical review on the worker's health surveillance practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze scientific bibliographic production on the practice of occupational health surveillance related to voice disorders in teachers.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Cochrane Handbook precepts which involves the formulation of the question to be investigated, the location, the studies selection and articles' critical evaluation were followed.
  
  
  METHODS
  The articles published between 2000 and 2011 were selected in the PubMed, LILACS, MEDLINE database, and the Cochrane Library using the descriptors voice disorders; teachers, occupational health, workers' health surveillance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Texts were analyzed, using a standardized form when the following data were collected: objectives, research design, characteristics of the study group, obtained results and discussion on the practice of surveillance related to voice disorder.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Initially, 141 studies were identified. After reviewing the titles and abstracts, considering inclusion and exclusion criteria, verifying consistency with the topic researched and eliminating the ones which were concurrently in more than one database, 32 articles were effectively analyzed for relating in the findings and/or conclusions to the practice of surveillance related to voice disorders in teachers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The practice of monitoring workers' health was evidenced in this research mainly as the identification of risk factors associated with voice disorders in teachers, aimed at the transformation of the working conditions and the assurance of quality of assistance to these workers as professionals.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria da Conceição C Pessoa de
authors.initials: Mda C
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.forename: Bárbara Niegia Garcia de
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Goulart
authors.forename: Brasilia Maria
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Chiari
mesh_terms: D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013663:Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*