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<journal-id>3020-1160</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Asociación Española de Especialistas en Medicina del Trabajo]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Asoc Esp Espec Med Trab]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>3020-1160</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Española de Especialistas en Medicina del Trabajo]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S3020-11602024000300006</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Prevalencia de enfermedades profesionales en Ecuador durante el periodo 2017-2023]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Prevalence of occupational diseases in Ecuador during the period 2017-2023]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villacrés-López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mariela Alejandra]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Noroña-Salcedo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Darwin Raúl]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Leiton-Urresta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrea Elizabeth]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Superior Universitario Sucre  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quito ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Espíritu Santo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Samborondón ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Técnica del Norte  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ibarra ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>328</fpage>
<lpage>337</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S3020-11602024000300006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S3020-11602024000300006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S3020-11602024000300006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN.  Introducción:  Las enfermedades profesionales causan costes económicos y sociales, el conocimiento de datos estadísticos, permite generar acciones que mejoren la gestión en salud laboral,  Material y Métodos:  Es un estudio descriptivo retrospectivo de las enfermedades profesionales calificadas por el Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social durante el periodo de 2017 - 2023  Resultados:  Se calificaron un total de 254 enfermedades profesionales, de estas el 52% se presentó en hombres y el 48% en mujeres, los trastornos musculo esqueléticos corresponden al 88%, y de estos el frente al resto de patologías, El mayor número de casos se presentaron en mujeres con las actividades económicas de agricultura y en los hombres con la extracción de gas y petróleo.  Conclusiones:  El sexo masculino es más afectado por enfermedades profesionales, los trastornos musculo esqueléticos son la patología más prevalente, los casos de síndrome de túnel carpiano es más frecuente en mujeres y en hombres hernia discal lumbar.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Occupational diseases cause economic and social costs, knowledge of statistical data allows generating actions that improve occupational health management.  Materials and Methods:  It is a retrospective descriptive study of occupational diseases classified by the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute during the period 2017 - 2023.  Results:  A total of 254 occupational diseases were classified, of these 52% occurred in men and 48% in women, musculoskeletal disorders correspond to 88%, and of these compared to the rest of the pathologies, the largest number of Cases occur in women with the economic activities of agriculture and in men with the extraction of gas and oil.  Conclusions:  The male sex is more affected by occupational diseases, musculoskeletal disorders are the most prevalent pathology, cases of carpal tunnel syndrome are more frequent in women and lumbar disc herniation in men.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Enfermedades ocupacionales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[prevalencia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[actividad económica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[incapacidad laboral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Occupational diseases]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[prevalence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[economic activity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[laboral inhability]]></kwd>
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