title: [Efficiency of health surveillance in occupational medicine].
abstract: Medical surveillance is one of the primary instruments in occupational health activities and is considered essential to maintain employees' good health. However, the efficacy of medical surveillance has not been sufficiently tested. The aim of this review was to evaluate the usefulness of medical surveillance, using available literature on Pubmed for the period 2005 to 2014. Although on the basis of a small number of studies, our conclusion is that medical surveillance could be considered effective. Apart from the case of occupational asthma, it must be emphasised that the number of evaluation studies is small, especially in some areas, as well as the one of biomechanical overload.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mattioli
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Argentino
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pantaleo
authors.forename: Gianpiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zanardi
authors.forename: Francesco S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Violante
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015397:Program Evaluation; D039781:PubMed; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic