Role of smoking in bronchopulmonary disease formation in nickel production workers
Rocheva, I.I.; Siurin, S.A.; Nikanov, A.N.; Panychev
Meditsina Truda i Promyshlennaia Ekologiia 2007(4): 44-46
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 1026-9428 PMID: 17657973 Document Number: 608486
Questionnaire and external respiration studies in 295 workers engaged into nickel production (including 158 smokers and 137 nonsmokers) revealed that smoking (7.92 +/- 0.63 packs/year in average) causes clinical symptoms of broncho-pulmonary diseases, lower functional parameters, increased risk of acute and chronic respiratory diseases preceding to chronic bronchitis.