[Evaluation of respiratory function in coke plant workers. I. Analysis of absenteeism].

The analysis of sick-levels of all employees of Nowa Huta Steel-Mill, including coke plant workers was performed. Disablement for work on account of different diseases, expressed per hundred of employees, and dynamics of absence in period from 1986-1988 years was presented on a background of general national work-absenteeism due to diseases. Disablement for work in Nowa Huta Steel-Mill, particularly in the coke division was higher than in the general population. The diseases of airways had the highest contribution to the coefficient of morbidity.