The Health Problems of the Mercury Processing Plant Workers and the Cause of These Problems

AHMET KAYA, SELMA ÇİVİ, Mustafa Mete

  • AHMET KAYA: NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • SELMA ÇİVİ: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • Mustafa Mete: Selçuk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Year : 1991
  • Vol : 7
  • Issue : 1
  •  Page : 75-80
Those who am working in the mercury proces-sing plant and suffcring from chronic obstructive pulmonery diseasc (COPD) were studicd for possible mercury toxicity. The study reveals that about 23.95 % of the total workes were COPD patients and their problems were bccause of the cigaret smoking rather that' the toxicity from the exposure. In addition to this study we found that the workes had poor oral hygenic care.

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Selcuk Medical Journal
1991, Vol. 7 (1)
ISSN: 1017-6616
E-ISSN: 2149-8059
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