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[Peculiarities of bronchopulmonary pathology in copper industry workers in the Kola High North]
Abstract:
A survey of 1097 workers of metallurgical enterprises showed that a chronic bronchitis is the most common bronchopulmonary disease (8,8-13,3%) in copper production workers There are much less detected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (0.8-1.7%), asthma (0.3-0.4%), and only in copper-smelting plant workers - a toxic chemical pneumosclerosis (0.6%). Working conditions determine a higher prevalence of respiratory diseases and their development in less industrial work record in the manufacturing workers employed in electrolytic processing of copper and auxiliary shops. The conclusion about the need to improve working conditions and the use of more effective personal respiratory protection devices for copper production workers has been made.
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