Martinez AJ, Iglesias DM, Pérez MA, Curbeira HE, Sánchez BO

Language: Spanish
References: 12
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ABSTRACT

The importance of environmental health problems in any geographic setting as well as their impact on the general health prompts the systematic review of this issue. The terms that literature uses to define concepts historically linked to the environmental health are numerous and various. An approach to the historical evolution of such concepts and their basic areas may contribute to guide the learning and to provide new ideas for analysis. The objective of this paper was to describe the historical transition of the environmental health concept and to identify the basic areas. Twelve articles on this topic served to theoretically support this report. The most relevant findings were: the term environmental health is the most used nowadays including environmental health as the analytical set and environmental health services as system of resources; the basic areas are welldefined with components like environmental health determinants, processes and functions. The reviewed literature did not consider globalized socioeconomic system, technological development or poverty as environmental problems, so it will be worthy analyzing this issue on the basis of the current approaches and definitions.

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