Research on occupational health, particularly those related to stress, tend to consider the home as a "sanctuary" free of risk to health, exactly the opposite to the setting devoted to professional work.2 This notion is contradicted by those authors who consider both professional and house work load in the analysis of women health. Bjorksten et al3 (2001), in their study on muscle skeletal disorders among blue-collar workers in Sweden, found worse health conditions among those who were married with young children, as compared to single women without children.