Abstract:
3661 railroad men are employed by Chernivtsi railroad centre of Lviv railroad, of which the car attendants constitute the largest part- 484 (13,2%). working temperature range, noise and vibration, dust content, enhanced level of air microbial contamination inside the cars, distur¬bance of sleep and rest schedule, physiological and neuro-emotional tension. The increase of dental morbidity rateamong people whose professional activity is connected with chronic exposure of their organs to occupational hazards is associated with the increase of chronic concomitant physical diseases, changes in antioxidant-prooxidant system of mouth cavity tissues, microbial equilibrium, and toxic hypoxia. Various harmful factors of the working environment influence the employees in the process of their working career that is why the working conditions are consi, derably determined by the presence of industrial hazards.
