[Effects of students' work activities in autumn agricultural teams on their morbidity]

The authors used social studies, timing in order to assess organization and work conditions of manual cotton harvesting by students. Further analysis covered morbidity with transitory disablement among the participants of 8 agricultural teams. Manual cotton harvesting appeared to bring intensive physical strain, awkward working posture, long trips to carry heavy loads in excessive exposure to agrochemical agents. Those hazards induced the growing morbidity. Each third one of the examinees faced transitory disablement. The morbidity structure was opened by respiratory diseases (25.1% of all the cases and 16.9% of all the disablement days), then came gastrointestinal diseases (21.6% and 18.0% respectively), the third place was occupied by neurologic illnesses and disorders of sensory organs (12.8% and 10.1% respectively). The studies proved the activities estimated as an important hazard for the students' health.