abstract：:The studies involved 254 workers of a Precise Devices Plant. The impact of working conditions (chemical pollutants and lighting) on the sight organ was examined. In the test group a considerable percentage (29.5%) of chronic conjunctivitis was found. The disease results from a long-lasting exposure to dusts of various...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Hańczyc P,Lukasik-Czerek A,Piróg M,Zdrojewicz Z,Lasisz B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study involved 461 building workers exposed to ashes, cement and ash-cement mixtures in direct production and at auxiliary posts (fitters, welders, mechanics, electricians etc.). In addition, all those workers were exposed to lubricants ans machine oils, as well as anti-adhesive oils used to lubricate moulds. All ...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Kieć-Swierczyńska M,Woźniak H,Wojtczak J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper presents issues concerning collecting and assessing data on occupational exposure in case-referent studies. The authors discuss different opinions and methods for obtaining relatively trustworthy and valuable information regarding this subject. The system of combining data on profession and kind of exposure ...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Kubasiewicz M,Starzyński Z

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of lead was determined in the hair of 69 occupationally exposed and 55 non-exposed subjects. The mean lead content in the three selected occupationally exposed groups was 17.48, 29.03 and 25.74 micrograms/respectively, significant differences being found between some of them. The mean lead content in...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Zaborowska W,Wierciński J,Maciejewska-Kozak H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty petrochemical industry workers occupationally exposed to benzene levels within TLVs (30 mg.m-3) had their hepatic microsomal enzyme function quantitatively assessed by the antipyrine test. The clearance (C1AP) and half life (P1/2) of antipyrine in the saliva were determined. The benzene-exposed workers exhibited...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Paradowski M,Roczek E,Dworniak D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of the management costs of Industrial Health Care Complexes and its results may be a starting point for the rational resources administration. Of importance is the analysis of wage costs which constitute a reflection of human factor. Human factor, in its turn, is a basis for securing the statutory tasks of...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Rydlewska I,Bryła M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective study of workers exposed to simultaneous action of petroleum derivatives and psychic stress proved statistically remarkable differences between the first study and control study (after two years) as related to macular degeneration and opacification of the lens. So far, the results do not seem to point to t...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Krawczykowa Z,Goś R,Orzeł H,Czajkowski J,Trzciński J,Stepień J,Pleszak J,Ekman Z,Jarmak A,Berner B

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-nine workers employed at power plants repairs underwent examinations and tests of: circulatory system, whole blood and plasma viscosity, red cell aggregation, concentration and electrophoretic picture of serum proteins, levels of glucose in blood and cholesterol and beta lipoproteins in serum. Ten per cent of th...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Kossmann S,Turczyński B,Pierzchała W,Maślankiewicz A,Chorazy M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies covered 30 young turners carrying on piecework. The physiological expense was determined basing on the pulse rate during professional work, whereas the oxygen uptake (VO2max)--by indirect and direct methods. The studies demonstrated a strong correlation between the work physiological expense and oxygen cei...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Jopkiewicz A

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of auditory fatigue on auditory brainstem responses (ABR) were investigated in 23 normal-hearing subjects. ABR was recorded before and after exposure to fatiguing noise. Behaviourally, the auditory fatigue was tested using a temporary threshold shifts (TTS) paradigm. The latency of waves I, III, V and inte...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Janczewski G,Kochanek K,Dawidowicz J,Dobrzyński P,Checiński P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper constitutes some attempt of evaluating the relationships between individual peripheral thermoregulation and results of tests routinely applied for diagnosing the vibration syndrome (cooling test, thermometry, palesthesiometry, capillaroscopy, isotopic capillary flow, thermography at rest). In a group of 126 ...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Langauer-Lewowicka H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the system of research planning and co-ordination in Poland promoted the development of centrally supervised programs with preferences in financial terms. Of 100 centrally supervised programs, four are related to medical sciences, in this one--to occupational health. The research program, accepted after a p...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Indulski JA,Kowalski Z

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the usefulness of passive reactive dosimeters for the determination of individual exposure to carbon disulphide, field studies in viscose plants in Poland and East Germany have been carried out. Totally, 43 workers have been examined, using active charcoal pipes joined with personal samplers as a reference...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Rogaczewska T,Gromiec J,Woźniczka M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a group of 3,938 persons--pit miners of 3 coal mines--employed over 8 years, full-size X-ray pictures of the chest have been taken and through a special questionnaire information has been collected on the length of employment, workstation, risk of dustiness, exposure to fibrogenic dusts outside the mine. Basing on ...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Marek K,Kujawska A,Stasiów A,Stachura A,Goniewicz J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies on the accumulation of toxic effects of TOX and DOX have been carried out with the Kagan and Stańkiewicz method. For 7 months the rats were intragastrically administered, with a tube, 20% water solutions of TOX and DOX at 1/10, 1/40 and 1/80 DL50 doses; in addition, for 4 months they were given 100% DOX at...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Czajkowska T,Krysiak B

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been found that the method of determination of trichloroacetic acid in urine after Monster and Boersma due to high detectability and specificity may be used for determination of trichloroacetic acid (TCA) in urine particularly when aimed at evaluation of exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PERC) or to trichloroeth...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Kostrzewski P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most significant problems strictly connected with studies of mortality in industrial cohorts are: selection of reference population, obtention of data for cohorts in historically prospective studies (completeners and reliability of sources of information on employment and death), determination of exposure in retro...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Szeszenia-Dabrowska N,Wilczyńska U

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodical examinations of 472 industrial workers exposed to noise promoted classification of those workers' hearing into four categories: A. Normal hearing, B. Non-noise-induced impairments, C. Multi-causal impairments, not excluding noise, D. Chronic acoustic trauma. To the particular categories, appropriate qualify...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Kuźniarz J,Swierczyński Z

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The work has been aimed at an analysis of accidents at work occurring throughout 1981-1982 at the Bełchatów Industrial District. The most common causes of accidents at work have been direct factors resulting mainly from workers' inadvertence or recklessness, improper performance of occupational tasks, lack of appropri...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Adamczyk Z,Bilski D,Ciesielski L,Gryszkiewicz M,Korzycki J,Markert R,Modzelewski B,Plewiński J,Szerszyńska-Woźniak T,Staniaszczyk M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibilities of impedance rheography in the diagnosis of the vascular form of the vibration syndrome have been presented. Three groups have been covered by the investigation: controls, subjects in occupational significant exposure to local vibration and subjects with the diagnosed vascular vibration syndrome. The...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Nowak H,Nawarycz T,Izycki J

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim of determining the effects of chronic occupational exposure to Per upon the selected intellectual and psychomotor functions two groups of workers have been examined. The proper group was that of chemical laundry workers exposed to Per (concentrations within TLVs and above). The control group was composed ...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Bazylewicz-Walczak B,Marszał-Wiśniewska M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experiment was carried out on male guinea pigs exposed to NO2 at a constant concentration of 0.1 ppm 24 h daily for 1, 2.5 and 6 months, or NO2 concentration was increased to 0.5 ppm twice daily, between 7:00 and 8:00 AM and 4:00 and 5:00 PM. After the exposure to NO2 was over the animals were killed by decapitati...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Felińska W,Szkilnik R,Stanosek B,Kamiński M,Ludyga K,Brus R

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrogenic properties of a fibrous mineral occurring in road stone deposits mined at Nasławice at the Lower Silesia have been tested. Diffractometric and infrared absorption spectra tests identified this mineral as antigorite. The content of free crystalline silica was 1.3%. The dust (50 mg) obtained from the test min...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Woźniak H,Wiecek E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:173 female workers of the Rubber Plant "Stomil" exposed to petrol vapours, have been examined neurologically. The workers complained particularly often of vasomotor headaches which appeared to be much more frequent in petrol vapours-exposed workers, as compared to controls. On the other hand, subjects' age and length ...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Polakowska B

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxic effects of thermo-oxidizing decomposition products of conveying belts made of PVC and rubber have been tested. The resultant smokes were passed through a protective absorber. During 14-days' post-exposure observation, an increased activity of asparagine, aminotransferase and in some animal alanine aminotransfera...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Faff J,Dudkiewicz J,Kauczak M,Waniewski E,Tokarzewski E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 82 men suffering from vascular form of the vibration disease, divided by the degree of its advancement into two groups: I--consisting of 42 persons (average age 40 +/- 7,5 years) at an early stage of the disease and II--consisting of 40 persons (average age 49.7 +/- 5.6 years) with an advanced stage of the disease-...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Turczyński B,Sroczyński J,Wegiel A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of glycosylated hemoglobin and (plasma) proteins has been measured in 111 workers of 6 MZRiP departments in Płock and in 54 healthy people. In all subjects the mean concentrations of glycosylated hemoglobin and glycosylated plasma proteins have been in so called "wide range of normal values". Signifi...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Unrug A,Tomaszewski L

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies were aimed at estimation of the incidence rate of genito-urinary tract diseases among employees of the Mazovian Refining and Petrochemical Plants in Płock. In 1978-1981, 873 employees were examined, including 244 females and 629 males. Most of them, namely 572 (65%), were employed in those plants for more ...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Miekoś E,Leńko Z,Monita W,Lesiewicz H,Jazdzewski B,Zajgner J,Pawlak C,Kozłowski R

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of functional examinations of the sight organ (vision acuity, colour differentiation, ability to differentiate shapes in darkness at lowest luminances, glare test, stereometry), both in welders and controls, were not significantly changed after eight-hours' work. On the other hand, a statistically signific...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Goś R,Horowski P,Stepień J

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ophthalmological examinations of petrochemical plant workers that have been carried out so far did not enable working out a simple method of rapid ophthalmological evaluation of subclinical aromatic hydrocarbons poisonings. Neither the results of our own studies nor the experience of other authors explained fully ...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Krawczykowa Z,Goś R,Orzeł H,Czajkowski J,Trzciński J,Stepień J,Pleszak J,Berner B,Okraszewska E,Ekman Z

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper was to determine the relations between certain digestive tract diseases and essential environmental conditions. Forty parameters, according to a special questionnaire, were compared between the patients suffering from the diseases of pancreas, biliary duct and bowel and the controls. Adverse ...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Bojanowicz K,Frymus M,Sobolewska-Skomra M,Rybarczyk Z

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acetylcholinesterase activity of erythrocytes was investigated and compared with cholinesterase activity of the blood plasma in rats exposed to elevated temperature of the environment. The rats were kept in a thermic chamber with regulated temperature, forced air flow and controlled moisture of 55-19%. The applied...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Suliński A,Wanowska W,Bicz W

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five male volunteers were exposed to benzene vapour (100 mg X m-3) during 2 h singly and during 4 successive days. The mean retention of benzene in the lungs and mean dose amounted to 61% and 74 mg, respectively. Two phases of the excretion of unchanged benzene in the expired air (t 1/2 approximately 2 h and approxima...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Paradowski M,Jakubowski M,Podoski A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1698 female workers aged 18-45 a relationship was sought between subjective symptoms of fatigue and factors which directly or indirectly could affect them: age, Hb level, relative body weight, health status, abundance of menstrual bleedings. In 199 women the number of sleep hours and stress in occupational work was...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Kirschner H,Ostrowska A,Sawicka B,Szewczyński J,Woroszylska J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term investigations of noise in coal mines enhanced the need to take measurements at work stations posing high risk of methane explosion. To facilitate evaluation of noise hazard at the workplace in coal mines, attempts have been made to apply TTS measurements. Measurements of TTS taken within 3 to 5 minutes afte...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Lipowczan A,Sułkowski W,Tengler M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:717 cases of occupational disease diagnosed in the shipyard during 1968-1978 were analysed epidemiologically. High incidence of occupational diseases was found in the population examined, with a decreasing tendency during recent two years. Results of measurements of hazards concentrations and intensities, exhibiting o...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Wecławik Z,Rusin J,Pawlik B

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have conducted an epidemiological inquiry in a randomly selected group of 171 workers of a large refining and petrochemical plant. The investigation demonstrated a high meteorotropic sensitivity varying with the employment length, higher in women and those treated for various psychic and somatic disturbanc...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Kocur J,Gruszczyński W

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active treatment and ergotherapy were evaluated in 34 patients, manual workers, afflicted with periarticular inflammation of the shoulder. The periarticular inflammation of the shoulder was found to attack those performing hard manual work and some stereotype movements. In addition it was found that early complex acti...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Bicz-Kubiatowicz M,Stryła W

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In forty-nine workers of steelworks, exposed to noise of 88-112 dBA level, the concentration of total lipids, phospholipids, lipoproteins beta, total cholesterol, triglycerides and free fatty acids was determined. In addition, in the urine collected at night and urine collected within 8 working hours, the concentratio...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Sroczyński J,Wegiel A,Wieja A,Kuleszyńska G,Mamczar A,Bresler M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual exposures to CS2 of 31 workers in a viscose rayon plant were examined by personal continuous air sampling and two versions of iodo-azide test (chronometric and titrimetric methods). The obtained results indicate that during occupational exposure there is no practical correlation between 8-hours time-weight ...

journal_title：Medycyna pracy

authors： Pankiewicz K,Krajewski J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00