Author/Editor		Milardović-Šunjara, B; Kanceljak-Macan, B; Dujmov, I
Title		Utjecaj trajanja ekspozicije i navike pušenja na promjene respiratorne funkcije u radnika izloženih azbest-cementnoj prašini
Translated title		Influence of the lenght of exposure and cigarette smoking on the change of respiratory function in workers exposed to asbestos-cement dust
Type		članek
Source		Pluć Boles
Vol. and No.		Letnik 43, št. 1-2
Publication year		1991
Volume		str. 44-50
Language		hrs
Abstract		Respiratory function tests were performed in 110 workers who were occupationally exposed to asbestos-cement dust in the period from 7 to 34 years. Due to the results obtained, the following groups of patients were analysed according to years of asbestos-cement exposure and the habit of cigarette smoking. The analysis of the years of asbestos-cement dust revealed that the workers with the exposure was less than 16 years. In view of increasing age this deterioration proved to be significantly higher than it had been expected. Of all the subjects included in this tsudy 7 per cent of them were found to have a partial respiratory insufficiency. The phenomen could not be explained either by the lenght of exposure or by the habit of cigarette smoking. In the smoking subjects with the longest exposure, a markedly lower SaHbO2 was found as compared to the smokers with the shortest exposure (P less than 0,05).
Descriptors		AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL ASBESTOS RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS SMOKING FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME OXYGEN CARBON DIOXIDE