Kratko priopćenje
The prevalence of asbestosis among asbestos textile workers
B. Peruničić
; Institut za medicinu rada i radiološku zaštitu »Dr Dragomir Karajović«, Beograd, Srbija
M. Butković
; Institut za medicinu rada i radiološku zaštitu »Dr Dragomir Karajović«, Beograd, Srbija
Sažetak
In an epidemiological study 204 workers (90.5%) out of the 225 employed in an asbestos textile plant, using chrysotile, were examined. The study included a physical examination, a questionnaire on respiratory diseases, chest radiography, lung function tests (VC, FEV, expiratory flow curve), laboratory tests and microscope sputum citology. The production workers (group A) were 33.0 ± 5.0 years old with an exposure of 9.3 ± 5.0 years and the assistant, technical and supervisory personnel (group B) was aged 36.5 ± 6.3 years with duration of exposure of 9.2 ± 6.0 years. In 12 workers (8.0%) from group A, average age 37.0±7.5 years and average duration of exposure 13.4±6.3 years, and in five persons (9.2%) from group B, average age 43.8±7.1 years and duration of exposure 19.6 ± 5.3 years, small irregular opacities were found. Among these 17 persons with a radiographic diagnosis of asbestosis 15 (88.2%) had pleural thickenings, 12 (70.6%) had chronic affection of the upper airways, 9 (52.9%) had chronic bronchitis and 7 (41.2%) had disorders of ventilatory lung function. The established prevalence of small irregular opacities in the examined population of workers represents a two-year incidence.
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Hrčak ID:
153029
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Datum izdavanja:
22.6.1988.
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