title: [Cardiovascular risk, occupation and exposure to occupational carcinogens in a group of workers in Salamanca].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Identify the cardiovascular risk factors in a group of workers in the province of Salamanca, protected by external prevention services, as regards exposure to occupational carcinogens, by sector of activity and gender.
  
  
  METHODS
  An observational descriptive epidemiological study was conducted. The sample selection was by stratified random sampling in each entity. The variables collected by questionnaire were, sociodemographic characteristics, exposure to occupational carcinogens, and cardiovascular risk factors (smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes), using the clinical-work histories as a source of information.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically significant differences were observed in cardiovascular risk according to the exposure to occupational carcinogens (p <0.001), primarily among workers in the industry sector. A total of 32% of the workers in the province of Salamanca was exposed to some occupational carcinogen. Women were more exposed in the service sector and men in the agriculture and livestock sector.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nearly one third of the workers belonging to the external prevention services of the province of Salamanca, were exposed to some kind of occupational carcinogens. The most frequent being biological risks, solvent products, and silica, which were above the national mean of exposure. It is important to consider the exposure to occupational carcinogens in the implementation of interventions in the prevention of cardiovascular risk in the work place.
authors.affiliation: MC SPA Sociedad de Prevención, Salamanca, España. Electronic address: jesusgonzsan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: González-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens
keywords: Cardiovascular diseases; Cáncer laboral; Enfermedades cardiovasculares; Factores de riesgo; Occupational cancer; Prevention services; Risk factors; Servicios de prevención