Asbestos-Related Health Risks in Estonia

• Autorzy: Kangur M. , Krooni P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Asbestos has been declared a proven human carcinogen by the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency and by the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization. Since 1983, the European Union has enforced health protection directions in this field, which have been the basis for legal acts of Member States. The Estonian Republic is a country where asbestos and asbestos-containing materials have been used in quite large quantities, especially during the Soviet period. Today the use and sale of asbestos minerals and asbestos containing products are prohibited in Estonia. Unfortunately there has been no substantial overview of the health status of workers exposed to asbestos. The objective of this study was to evaluate the extent of health risks of workers exposed to asbestos in Estonia.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

asbestos; health protection; prevention; screening

PL

zagrożenia zdrowia; nowotwory; azbest; profilaktyka

• Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
• Rocznik: 2003
• Tom: Vol. 9, No. 1
• Strony: 97--101
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 5 poz., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Kangur M.

• Estonian Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Tallinn, Estonia

autor

Krooni P.

• Health Protection Inspectorate, Estonia

Bibliografia

• 1.Chemicals Act. Limit values of hazardous substances in the working environment. (1998). Supplement of State Informer, 47, 697. (In Estonian).
• 2.Kangur, M., Jaakmees, V., Lang, I., Veidebaum, T., Tossavainen, A., & Just, E. (2001). Asbesti kasutamisest tuleneva ohu hindamine [Estimation of the risks related to the use of asbestos]. Eesti Arst, 11, 512-516.
• 3.Kangur, M., Jaakmees, V., Moks, M., Kahn, H., & Veidebaum, T. (1998). Asbestos in Estonia. In S. Lehtinen, A. Tossavainen, & J. Rantanen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Asbestos Symposium for the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, 4-6 December, 1997 (People and Work. Research Reports 19; pp. 39-43). Helsinki, Finland: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.
• 4.Occupational Health and Safety Requirements. (2000). Supplement of State Informer, 10, 62. (In Estonian).
• 5.Occupational Health and Safety Act. (1999). Supplement of State Informer, 60, 616. (In Estonian).