The Observatory of the Américas as a network in environmental and worker health in the Americas

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Carlos Eduardo Siqueira²  Fernando Carvalho¹ 

[1] ,University of Massachusetts Lowell Department of Work Environment Lowell MA ,USA

关键词: Observatory;    Network;    Environmental and worker health;    Observatório;    Rede;    Saúde ambiental e do trabalhador;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-81232003000400012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This article reviews the scope of several Observatories found by a search in the Internet through the Google search engine. After examining these observatories, it describes the aims and initial accomplishments of the Observatory of the Americas as a network of professionals and activists from different countries in the Americas. The article concludes with a discussion of the pattern identified among these observatories: they may be clearinghouses or networks, or both.

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