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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1688-0390</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica del Uruguay]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Méd. Urug.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1688-0390</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sindicato Médico del Uruguay]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1688-03902022000401552</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29193/rmu.38.4.8</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Pedro Belou. Conferencia de 1936 sobre la hipoacusia laboral y el ruido urbano]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Pedro Belou. Conference delivered in 1936 on occupational hearing loss and urban noise]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Pedro Belou. Conferência de 1936 sobre perda auditiva ocupacional e ruído urbano]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montano Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Walter A.]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Arquicust SRL Laboratorio de Mediciones Acústicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lima ]]></addr-line>
<country>Perú</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1688-03902022000401552&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1688-03902022000401552&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1688-03902022000401552&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La problemática del ruido en las ciudades toma preponderancia internacional a finales del siglo XX, y pocas veces se comentan los esfuerzos pioneros realizados por especialistas que abogaron por un ambiente sonoro saludable. Éste es el caso de Pedro Belou, un médico otorrinolaringólogo nacido en Uruguay quien realizó toda su carrera profesional en Argentina, y que se destacó como científico de renombre mundial. A Belou podríamos ubicarlo como uno de los pioneros en el Río de la Plata en advertir acerca de las enfermedades que genera en las personas la exposición al ruido en las ciudades y en las industrias durante una conferencia que dio en Buenos Aires en 1936. En este artículo se rescatan los contenidos de su ponencia por la actualidad que tienen sus argumentos, y también para contribuir a su biografía, ya que esta conferencia no se menciona en ninguna de sus biografías.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Summary: City noise became a significant issue at the global level towards the end of the 20th Century, and discussions on pioneer efforts conducted by specialists who advocated for a healthy sound environment are rare. This is the case of Pedro Belou, a Uruguayan born otolaryngologist who developed his professional career in Argentina and was a renowned scientist worldwide. Belou could be regarded as one of the first physicians in the River Plate to warn us about diseases arising from noise exposure in cities and factories, during a conference he delivered in Buenos Aires in 1936. This article brings his presentation to you given the current relevance of his argument and to contribute to his biography, since this conference has not been mentioned in any of his previous biographies.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo: O problema do ruído nas cidades ganha preponderância internacional no final do século XX, porém raramente se discute o pioneirismo de especialistas que defendiam um ambiente sonoro saudável, como é o caso de Pedro Belou; otorrinolaringologista nascido no Uruguai, passou toda a sua carreira profissional na Argentina, destacando-se como um cientista de renome mundial. Poderíamos colocar Belou como um dos pioneiros no Río de la Plata em alertar, em uma conferência que deu em Buenos Aires em 1936, sobre as doenças que afetam as pessoas devido à exposição ao ruído nas cidades e nas indústrias. Neste artigo o conteúdo de sua apresentação é resgatado devido não somente pela atualidade de seus argumentos, como também para contribuir com sua biografia, já que esta conferência não é mencionada em nenhuma delas.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pérdida auditiva]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ruido urbano]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Socioacusia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hipoacusia laboral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Historia de la medicina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sociología urbana.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hearing loss]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Urban noise]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sociocusis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Occupational hearing loss]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[History of medicine]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Urban sociology.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Perda auditiva]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Ruído urbano]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Sociocusia;Perda auditiva ocupacional]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[História da medicina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Sociología urbana]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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