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KMID : 0358519930050010003
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1993 Volume.5 No. 1 p.3 ~ p.14
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Workers' Health Status Related Working Environments in Small and Medium Sized Industries
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김규상
노재훈/이경종/정호근/문영한
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Abstract
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Group health services for small and medium sized industries have launched in 1989. This study was performed to analyze the relationship between working environments and workers' health status by characteristics of small and medium sized
industries.
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medical checkup for workers and evaluation of working environments were performed for 205 industries in Inchon area during 1991. The industrial accident rate for general industries was significantly higher than that for special industries. The
occurrence rate of occupational diseases for special industries was significantly higher than that for general industries. The frequency of worksite barzards was highest in metal industries. Incidence rate of industrial accidents, general and
occupational diseases for workers of manufacturing industries were higher than those of non-maufacturing industries. The incidence rate of occupational diseases among industries have labor union was significantly higher than industries have not.
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level of dust, chemicals and heavy metals in workplace were significantly different by industrial classification. The number of workplace which dust level exceeding TLV was the highest in manufacture of chemicals. As we have seen, general
characteristics of industries were related with the working environments and workers' health status. Working environments were strongly related with health status of workers. These results may provide information to establish the group health
services
to improve workers' health status and working environments.
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