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  • Title: [Characteristics of general and occupational pathology in miners of apatite mines in Far North].
    Author: Siurin SA, Burakova OA.
    Journal: Med Tr Prom Ekol; 2012; (3):15-9. PubMed ID: 22702130.
    Abstract:
    Study covering 2377 miners of apatite mines in Far North demonstrated that among general pathology locomotory diseases (24.4%), eye disorders (16.3%) and circulatory diseases were prevelent, and among the occupational one--locomotory (34.5%) and peripheral nervous system (19.8%) diseases, vibration disease (20.2%) and deafness (19.6%) were more prevalent. The highest risk of health disorders was seen for sinkers and drillers: 38.6% and 16.0% of the diseased.
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