The dynamics and structure of diseases of the bronchopulmonary apparatus caused by dust exposure
Soltan, E.M.
Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya (10): 18-20
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-9919 PMID: 2148920 Document Number: 353679
The industrial sites in Gorki Province, USSR, is characterized by the prevalence of dust-induced bronchopulmonary diseases as the major ones in the occupational morbidity structure. A set of measures contributed to a 87% decline in the morbidity rate in the last 22 years, and the ratio of this kind of pathology decreased from 57% to 24%. The development periods for the pathologies increased, while bronchitis predominated among the nosological forms.