Listserv on Workers' Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

"Information is the only resources that grows with its use."

Prof.dr J. F. A. K. van Benthem, University of Amsterdam

N.B: For a complete and exhaustive version of this page, please refer yourself to the spanish version.

Definition

RST-LAC is:

• A electronic mailing discusion list involving occupational (and environmental) health issues in the Americas, with particular focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. RST-LAC is sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), managed by the Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences (CEPIS/PAHO), the Work & Health Institute (ISAT/Peru), and hosted by DUKE University (U.S.A)



• A regional and international forum in Spanish which aims at exchanging information, knowledge and experiences related to any aspect of occupational health. This forum is open to all interested participants, regardless of their academic and professional backgrounds or their country of origin and practice. The topics of discussion are broad and include, for example: environmental determinants of workers'health; legislative, clinical and other medical issues in occupational health; training opportunities, conference annoucements, and the like.

Subscription (Free)

There are three easy ways to subscribe to the RST-LAC list:

1. By e-mail; send a message to the list managers.
2. By e-mail; send a technical command to the automated list software.
3. By world-wide-web; complete the (subscription form).

List addresses:

To post a regular message:	rst-lac@LIST.MC.DUKE.EDU
To send a technical command:	listserv@LIST.MC.DUKE.EDU

Netiquette

The term 'Netiquette' is commonly refered to as the Etiquette on the Internet. A complete version of guidelines and norms of use as applied to listserves can be found here.

Archives

To view or search the archives of all exchanged messages in the list RST-LAC, simply go to the following address: http://list.mc.duke.edu/archives/rst-lac.html

List Managers

• Mr. Claudio Ramirez : cramirez@cepis.org.pe (CEPIS/PAHO)
• Dr. Diego González : dgonzale@cepis.org.pe (CEPIS/PAHO)
  

• Mr. Walter Varillas : codalis@pol.com.pe (ISAT)
  

• Dr. Gary Greenberg: green011@acpub.duke.edu (DUKE)

Technical Commands

Like all electronic mailing lists, RST-LAC has a software -LISTSERV 1.8d ®- which carries out automatically common operations such as the subscription/unsubscritpion to the list, the search of the list archives, and provides additional help to all members or prospective members in order to ensure that everybody fully enjoys the advantages of the RST-LAC list. When you send a command to the list software, write to this address only (LISTSERV@LIST.MC.DUKE.EDU), and remember to always leave the SUBJECT of the message blank and to remove your signature at the bottom of your message.

Basic Commands:

To suscribe to the list RST-LAC, send a message to LISTSERV@LIST.MC.DUKE.EDU and write in the body of the message SUBSCRIBE RST-LAC with your first and last names.

Example:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: (Your e-mail address) To: LISTSERV@LIST.MC.DUKE.EDU Subject: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIBE RST-LAC First Name Last Name

To end your subscription to the list RST-LAC , send a message to LISTSERV@LIST.MC.DUKE.EDU and write in the body of the message the words SIGNOFF RST-LAC with your first and last names.

Example:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: (Your e-mail address) To: LISTSERV@LIST.MC.DUKE.EDU Subject: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNOFF RST-LAC First Name Last Name

To get general help from the list software, send a message to LISTSERV@LIST.MC.DUKE.EDU and in the body of the message type the word HELP.

Example:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: (Your e-mail address) To: LISTSERV@LIST.MC.DUKE.EDU Subject: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HELP

For further commands, please go to our spanish version of this page.

* WELCOME TO THE LIST RST-LAC, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU AS ONE OF OUR MEMBERS ! *

Sincerely,

Claudio Ramirez Mr. Claudio Ramirez (CEPIS/PAHO)	Gary Greenberg Dr. Gary Greenberg (DUKE)
Walter Varillas Mr. Walter Varillas (ISAT)	Diego Gonzalez Dr. Diego Gonzalez (CEPIS/PAHO)