[The hygienic assessment of the working conditions and health status of workers on the petroleum tank farms of Bashkiria].

Work conditions and the health status in workers of Bashkirian oil enterprises are characterized. Exposure to oil products composed of alkanes and aromatics, petrol and tetraethyl lead was proved to be the major hazard for workers of all the occupations. Complex of occupational and industrial hazards of Bashkirian oil enterprises harms the health status of workers, which induces the high prevalence of chronic diseases.