Occupational allergic morbidity in the Republic of Bashkortostan
The literature data provide evidence that allergic pathology related to industrial exposure has become an urgent problem in all developed countries. The authors highlight the elevated incidence of allergoses detected among workers of a variety of occupational groups. In Bashkortostan Repulic also the analysis of prevalence of leading nosologic forms of occupational morbidity of allergic etiology is conducted, in the research the data from statistic registering cards and registers of firstly identified occupational diseases in Ufa Scientific Research Institute of Occupational Health and Human Ecology between 2000 and 2009 has been used. It is determined that annually 150 to 200 new cases of detected occupational morbidity are registered. During the study period, 1426 occupational diseases were firstly identified. The incidence of allergic pathology in the general structure of allergic morbidity has been from 7,3% in 2008 up to 23,66% in 2001. Occupational diseases of allergic genesis are the most common in individuals with length of work more than 11 years. Females (68%) are predominantly affected by allergic pathology. The leading nosologic forms are occupational bronchial asthma (47%), eczema (22%) and allergic dermatitis (10%). Health care workers are subjected to occupational allergic diseases most. They are followed by agroindustrial complex and construction workers.