• Rafael Alves Cordeiro and Rogério Muniz de Andrade.
• . Divisão de Medicina Ocupacional, Instituto Oscar Freire, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2019 Jan 1; 65 (10): 1314-1320.

ObjectiveTo review articles that evaluated the prevalence of Raynaud's phenomenon of occupational origin.MethodsThe search for articles was carried out in the Medline (via PubMed), Embase, Web of Science, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), and Latin America and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (Lilacs) databases.Results64 articles were obtained from the electronic search; 18 articles met the eligibility criteria. All studies discussed the exposure to vibrations in the upper limbs. In 6 of them, the thermal issue was directly or indirectly addressed. No studies have addressed exposure to vinyl chloride.ConclusioIn general, a higher prevalence of Raynaud's phenomenon was found among vibratory tool operators compared to non-exposed workers, with an increase in the number of cases the higher the level of vibration and the time of exposure. Cold is a triggering and aggravating factor of the Raynaud phenomenon and seems to play an important role in the emergence of vascular manifestations of the hand-arm vibration syndrome.

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