title: [Risk factors in police activities: operational criticism in surveillance programs].
abstract: The planning of specific health surveillance programs for police officers is extremely complex due to difficulty in predictability and variety of occupational hazards. Even in the case of conventional occupational risk factors clearly identified by current regulations, particular working conditions may require specific assessment to effectively identify and quantify the risk of occupational exposure. An extensive program of health surveillance, aimed at promoting overall health and effectiveness of the operators, would be really desirable, in order to help better address a number of risks that cannot be easily predicted. The progressive increase in the average age of the working population and the increasing prevalence of chronic degenerative diseases, may also suggest the need for health surveillance procedures designed to verify continued unqualified suitability to police service, providing for the identification of diversified suitability profiles in relation to age and state of health: accordingly, in regard to our field of interest, there is a close link between medico-legal eligibility and occupational medicine.
authors.affiliation: Ministero dell'Interno - Dipartimento della Pubblica Sicurezza, Direzione Centrale Sanità.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ciprani
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moroni
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Conte
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D035846:Law Enforcement; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D016495:Police / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances