Avtor/Urednik | Dodič-Fikfak, Metoda | |
Naslov | Nacionalne smernice za azbest | |
Prevedeni naslov | National guidance for asbestos | |
Tip | članek | |
Vir | Sanitas et labor | |
Vol. in št. | Letnik 1, št. 1 | |
Leto izdaje | 2001 | |
Obseg | str. 7-23 | |
Jezik | slo | |
Abstrakt | Asbestos is a carcinogen, to which workers and their families are mostly exposed. Exposure to asbestos is associated with mesothelioma, lung cancer and laringeal cancer; association with gastrointestinal cancer is still under discussion. The information about: production and consumption of asbestos in last 35 years, population exposure; air measurements of working and living environment, asbestos morbidity and mortality, and asbestos wash material location was analysed in the project National directives for Asbestos. In this article the author stessed the importance-of built-in asbestos; especially cement-asbestos pipes and cement-asbestos sheets which have to be removed in close future. | |
Izvleček | Azbest je karcinogena snov, ki so ji izpostavljeni predvsem delavci in njihovi družinski člani. Izpostavljenost azbestu je povezana z nastankom mezotelioma, raka na pljučih in grlu, povezava z rakom na gastrointestinalnem traktu pa je še vedno stvar diskusje. V projektu Nacionalne smernice za azbest smo zbrali podatke o proizvodnji in uporabi azbestnih izdelkov v zadnjih 35 letih, dobili podatke o izpostavljenih ljudeh, o obolevnosti in umrljivosti zaradi izpostavljenosti azbestu, o meritvah onesnaženja zraka z azbestom, o odlagališčih azbestnega materiala in ocenili količine tega. V članku je poseben poudarek na vgrajenem azbestnocementnem materialu, predvsem vodovodnih azbestnocementnih ceveh in kritini, ki ga bo potrebno v naslednjem obdobju odstraniti. | |
Deskriptorji | ASBESTOS OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE NEOPLASMS ASBESTOSIS LUNG NEOPLASMS MOUTH NEOPLASMS EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT |