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Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Vol. 39 No. 2, 1988.

Professional paper

Degenerative changes in the spinal column of dock workers

A. Frković ; Dom zdravlja Rijeka, Rijeka, Hrvatska
A. Škrobonja ; Dom zdravlja Rijeka, Rijeka, Hrvatska
M. Vukelić ; Dom zdravlja Rijeka, Rijeka, Hrvatska

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Abstract

Medical records for 5247 workers employed in the Port of Rijeka show degenerative changes of the vertebral column to be present in 1082 persons (20.6%). Diseases of the spine thus occupy the first place among all the chronic diseases observed among dock workers and come before hypertension (12. 7%), duodenal ulcer (7.4%) and alcoholism (6.6%).

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Hrčak ID:

152856

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/152856

Publication date:

31.1.1989.

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