| Document ID (ISN) | 52458 |
| CIS number |
89-1539 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0004-1254 - Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju |
| Year |
1987 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Morris S.C., Ukmata H., Begraca M., Canhasi B., Haxhiu M.A. |
| Title |
Epidemiological data base for a health effects study at a coal gasification plant |
| Bibliographic information |
June 1987, Vol.38, No.2, p.149-157. 6 ref. |
| Abstract |
Information was collected on all the 757 present and former workers at a coal gasification plant for the period from the time it began operation (1971) to 1980. The same information was collected on a control population of 500 lignite surface miners. The data include age, smoking history, year of work, job title, medical diagnoses (encoded according to the International Classification of Diseases) and selected laboratory results. This sort of retrospective encoding of individual medical records can provide an economical and comprehensive database for epidemiological studies. Because of the national system of socialised medicine, similar information is available for all worker organisations in Yugoslavia. Preliminary results showed an association between heavy smoking, elevated incidence of chronic bronchitis and low professional or socio-economic status; no similar effect was observed in the case of circulatory system disease. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
professional status; Yugoslavia; coal gasification; smoking; statistics; chronic bronchitis |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
epidemiologic study; description of technique; health service records |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Statistics
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Chemical industry
Smoking
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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