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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0124-0064</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Salud Pública]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. salud pública]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0124-0064</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Salud Publica, Facultad de Medicina - Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
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</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0124-00641999000200159</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evaluación del Impacto de la Contaminación del Embalse del Muña Sobre la Salud Humana]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Assessment of the impact on human health of the contamination of Muña's dam]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sarmiento]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Inés]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Idrovo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Álvaro Javier]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Restrepo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mauricio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz M]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María del Pilar]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia Departamento de Salud Pública y Tropical Facultad de Medicina]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia Departamento de Salud Pública y Tropical Facultad de Medicina]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia Departamento de Salud Pública y Tropical Facultad de Medicina]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia Departamento de Salud Pública y Tropical Facultad de Medicina]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia Departamento de Salud Pública y Tropical Facultad de Medicina]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>1999</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>1999</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>1</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>159</fpage>
<lpage>171</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0124-00641999000200159&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0124-00641999000200159&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0124-00641999000200159&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El embalse del Muña en los últimos 30 años ha incrementado el contenido de material orgánico en descomposición. La población de Sibaté ha percibido una asociación entre esta contaminación y la aparición de enfermedades respiratorias, dérmicas y cáncer. Para aclarar esta situación se realizó una evaluación ambiental preliminar, un estudio ecológico exploratorio de mortalidad, un estudio de prevalencia de morbilidad, un estudio de corte transversal de absorción de metales y la caracterización sociocultural de la población. Los resultados no muestran un perfil anormal en la morbi-mortalidad de esta población. Se explican estos hallazgos y se sugieren nuevos estudios para mejorar el entendimiento de la posible asociación entre el embalse contaminado y la salud humana.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT In the last 30 years the Muña's dam has increased the content of organic material in decomposition. The population of Sibaté has perceived an association between this contamination and the occurrence of respiratory and dermic diseases, and cancer. To explain this situation was realized a preliminary environmental assessment, an exploratory ecologic study of mortality, a prevalence survey of morbidity, a cross-sectional study of metal absorption, and the sociocultural characterization of the population. The findings doesn't shown an abnormal profile in the morbidity and the mortality of this population. It was explained these conclusions and we suggest new studies to improve the understanding of the possible association between the polluted dam and human health.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Salud ambiental]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[contaminación hídrica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[percepción del riesgo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Environmental health]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[hydric contamination]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[risk perception]]></kwd>
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