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摘要
objective: to identify the diseases diagnosed in dock workers, obtaining outpatient occupational medicine at the dock. methods: a quantitative descriptive study with retrospective analysis, which used the medical records of dock workers between 2000 and 2009 as a data source. data collection was developed by application of a predetermined form and proceeded to descriptive quantitative analysis of 953 medical records of workers. results: a total of 953 medical files (94.7%), of which 90.47% were from male workers, 52% of those aged over 50 years, and 51.7% with over 19 years experience. 527 diagnoses were identified, with the principal related to work being: hypertension (8.3%), back pain (6.2%), other pulmonary diseases (1.7%) and depressive episodes (1.2%). conclusion: there is involvement of the worker in occupational disorders of the mental, circulatory, respiratory and musculoskeletal systems, showing morbidities that affect and interfere with their quality of life and productivity of labor activities.
