Modern methods for diagnosing lung diseases in mining industry workers

Abstract

The level of occupational morbidity among workers in the mining industry continues to be one of the highest on average in the country. The article presents the most common occupational diseases of the lungs, the risk of occurrence and features of the course in mining workers. A number of issues on this issue remain little studied, in this regard, a differentiated approach is needed to study working conditions in, based on real production situations, using a wide range of biomedical and immunological indicators of the health status of workers, a probabilistic assessment of the negative consequences of exposure to working environment factors on the health of workers in this sector.