Evaluation of the relations between the working environment and worker's health in petrol sector in Vietnam
- Author:
Xuyen Khuc
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
health
- MeSH:
Work;
environment;
workplace;
Petroleum
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
1999;(12):10-13
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Worker of 18 petroleum enterprises and stores in northern and central Vietnam, who exposed to petroleum materials, were involved to a comprehensive study. This study covered environmental surveillance, health examinations, diagnosis of occupational disease, laboratory analyses. Results were statistically evaluated. An improvement of work-place environment was noted, but in some places plomb tetraethyl level in air was still higher by many times than the tolerant standard. Among the subjects exposed to petroleum materials, the incidence of occupational diseases was higher by 91- 3.73 times than that of control subjects.
