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[Functional state of the respiratory system in employees at the tantalum plant]
Abstract:
Indices of pulmonary ventilation function in employees at the tantalum plant tended to decrease according to the length of service and type of performed technological operations. Physiological changes of the functional State of the respiratory system were accompanied by pulmonary ventilation disorders of mixed and obstructive types. Changes in indices of respiratory function at the level of distal and proximal airways, including the bronchial tree, wore compensatory-adaptive character in response to the exposure of harmful factors of dust-gas mixture from the tantalum production.
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