Author/Editor		Bilban, Marjan; Modic, Samo; Pušnik, Stanislav; Šinigoj, Vojteh; Lapajne, S; Skitek, M; Flisar, J; Briški, A; Žemva, Ž; Osredkar, J; Burinar, D; Vrhovec, S; Mandelc-Grom, M; Maček-Paternu, B
Title		Humanizacija dela v Termoelektrarni Šoštanj. Ocena zdravstvenega stanja in delazmožnosti delavcev Termoelektrarne Šoštanj na osnovi specialnega preventivnega zdravstvenega pregleda in preverjanja celotne medicinske dokumentacije: specialni del (biološki monitoring): zaključno poročilo
Type		monografija
Place		Ljubljana
Publisher		Zdravstveni dom Ravne na Koroškem
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 82
Language		slo
Abstract		Within the framework of preventative health check-ups of the employees of the Šoštanj Thermal Power Plant, analysis of biological material was performed for those groups of employees with at least 10 years of service who had worked in a hazardous environment for over 50% of their total service period. The influences of hazardous substances were assessed: of fly ash, which contains heavy metals (affecting the tubular and glomerular function) and radon and its descendants (which together with heavy metals affect the genome), electromagnetic radiation (which affects the genome and EEG), noise, stress, presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and the influence of the free and bound Si02 on the pulmonary tissue. It was found that the levels of heavy metals (with the exception of nickel) do not exceed the permissible levels, that the tubular and glomerular function are impaired in over a third of the employees, that the influence of stress and noise is not convincing on the basis of the monitored parameters, that the influence of radon, its descendants and heavy metals on changes in the genome is significant and that the influence of electromagnetic radiation on the genome and EEG is significant, that the values of PCB deviate only insignificantly in a smaller percentage of employees and that there is no convincing evidence of fibrogenic or carcinogenic effects of dust or asbestos dust. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters)
Descriptors		HEALTH STATUS DISABILITY EVALUATION POWER PLANTS HEALTH SURVEYS OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE MEDICAL RECORDS METALS, HEAVY KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS RADON ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION, NONIONIZING ASBESTOS POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS