KOREASCHOLAR

The petroleum refinery industry handles a variety of complex chemical substances and employs a large number of people around the world. According to previous research, diseases caused by exposure to chemicals were quite common among workers in refineries until the 1980s. More recently, it is unusual for oil refinery workers to suffer from these serious diseases. The objective of this study was to identify the occurrence level of general diseases and any differences in lifestyle habits of workers in refineries in Korea compared with the general population. In this study, we used the results of health examinations from 2014 for workers at a large oil refinery in South Korea. In addition, based on the results of KNHANES from 2014 as representative of the population, hypertension, diabetes, anemia, hyperlipidemia, liver function abnormality, and kidney function abnormality were calculated using the standardized incidence rate. Hypertension showed a low result with an SIR of less than 1, but a high result in the case of abnormal liver function. The workers’ occurrence rates of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, kidney dysfunction, and anemia were lower than those of ordinary salaried employees. however, their occurrence rate for abnormal liver function was markedly higher. In lifestyle habits, the smoking rate of workers was low while the alcohol consumption rate was quite high. This study has improved the understanding of the health status of workers in a large oil refinery in Korea, and has shown the impact of lifestyle habits related to the work environment on chronic diseases.

Abstract
1. 서 론
2. 연구방법
3. 연구결과
    3.1 연구 대상자의 일반적 특성
    3.2 만성질환 의심자 빈도 분석
    3.3 정유공장 근로자와 일반근로자와의빈도 비교 및 표준화 발생률
4. 결론 및 향후 연구 과제
5. References

• 이준희(순천향대학교 부속 서울병원 직업환경의학과) | June-Hee Lee (Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital) Corresponding Author