Las evaluaciones de riesgos a la salud por factores ambientales, remontan su aplicación a las identificaciones y evaluaciones de riesgos a la salud en sitios contaminados, desarrollada originalmente por la Agencia para las Sustancias Tóxicas y el Registro de Enfermedades en los EE.UU. Dada su potencialidad para aplicarse en regiones diversas a la de Norteamérica, la metodología ha sido adaptada a fin de aplicarse lo mas adecuadamente a las necesidades de cada país en particular.
En el caso de Latinoamérica, se ha implementado en diversos países, recalcando su aplicación según las realidades nacionales en particular, para poder proporcionar certeramente la magnitud e intensidad de los riesgos a la salud por factores ambientales que afectan a una población determinada.
Health risks assessment due to environmental factors primarily focused its applications to identification and evaluation of health risks on contaminated locations, originally developed by the Agency for Toxic and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the Department of Health and Human Services of USA´s government. Today its great potential achieved after being successfully applied to various regions within the US, has greatly encouraged its adaptation to any foreign nation outside the United States.
As to Latin America, the referred methodology has been put to use throughout different countries, stressing its application according to individual country's needs and circumstances, thus enabling a more precise and effective evaluation process on heath risks issues due to environmental factors affecting a targeted population. This article aims to furnish a methodological proposal on this regard.
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