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Study of early appearance of skin lesions in coal gasification workers

M. Begraca ; Medical Department, Electro-Economy Kosovo, Priština, Yugoslavia
H. Ukmata ; Medical Department, Electro-Economy Kosovo, Priština, Yugoslavia
S.C. Morris ; Biomedical and Environmental Assessment Group, Brookbaoen National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
B. Canhasi ; Institute of Clinical Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Kosovo, Priština, Yugoslavia
M.A. Haxhiu ; Institute of Clinical Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Kosovo, Priština, Yugoslavia


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Abstract

A retrospective cohort morbidity study was conducted among workers employed at the Kosovo coal gasification plant and a reference population of open-pit lignite miners. The aim was to determine the rate of early skin cancer and pre-cancerous skin lesions. In 15 years of commercial operation of the coal gasification plant, seven workers were diagnosed with benign skin tumors, six with pre-cancerous skin diseases, but none with skin cancer. The lesions were significantly fewer than were reported earlier over a shorter time period and in a smaller population at a coal hydrogenation plant. Compared to the reference population who received medical care in the same clinic, gasification workers had a lower skin cancer rate, but a higher rate of benign skin turners and potentially pre-cancerous skin diseases.

Keywords

coal gasification plant; lignite coal miners; occupational exposure; precancerous skin lesions; skin cancer

Hrčak ID:

149230

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/149230

Publication date:

27.12.1991.

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