Author/Editor		Škibin, Ljubislava
Title		Postavitev suma na poklicno bolezen zaradi hrupa po Predlogu pravilnika za verifikacijo poklicnih bolezni zaradi hrupa pri delu
Translated title		Defining the suspicion of occupational disease caused by noise based on the draft proposal of the rules for the verification of occupational diseases caused by noisy work environment
Type		monografija
Place		Ljubljana
Publisher		Medicinska fakulteta
Publication year		2002
Volume		str. 129
Language		slo
Abstract		Baseline: Noise is still one of the main physical disturbances at work, occurring mainly in industry on the global and local level. The occupational impairment of hearing caused by noise is the most frequent occupational disease in developing countries as well as in the advanced ones. Most countries, including Slovenia, only recognize the aural effects of the noise as an occupational disease, thus excluding the extra-aural effects. The national and international literature and the legislation in this field has been used as the groundwork for the proposed list of occupational diseases caused by the exposure to damaging noisy environment, and for drafting the proposal of Rules for the verification of occupational diseases caused by noisy work environment. The suspicion of a noiserelated occupational disease can be stated by an authorized specialist in occupational medicine, traffic and sport. The practical exercise of a suspicion of an occupational disease in an outpatient department of an occupational medicine practitioner has been tested on two groups of workers who had been exposed to noise in the workplace. Our intention was to establish the main problems that could arise in defining the suspicion of a noise-related occupational disease in accordance with the current proposal of the Rules and on the basis of data available in the authorized outpatient department of occupational medicine, traffic and sport. Materials and methods: A retrospective cohort research has been carried out, using the data available in the preventive medical check-up documentation of a random selection of workers who have been exposed to different levels of noise over several years and the data obtained from ecological measurements. The sample included 143 workers (mostly males), thereof 73 came from metal-processing industry, and 70 from chemical processing industry. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters).
Descriptors		OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED WORKPLACE HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL SEX FACTORS AGE FACTORS DISABILITY EVALUATION HEARING TESTS AUDIOMETRY EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES SMOKING ALCOHOL DRINKING OTITIS TINNITUS HEAD INJURIES VERTIGO HYPERGLYCEMIA ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY