title: [Causes of permanent disability in professional drivers].
abstract: In the period from 1984 to 1989 a total of 8139 professional drivers were examined in the Centre for Prevention, Diagnosis and Assessment of Work Ability in Rijeka. Of this number 347 were assessed as permanently disabled. On the basis of the Regulations on Health Requirements, with which motor vehicle drivers must comply, 130 of these 347 drivers were completely disabled for all driving categories (A, B, C, D and E categories). More than half the disabled professional drivers were aged from 18 to 47 years. The most frequent cause of disability of professional drivers was disease of the eyes and defective sight (34.3% of disabled). The second cause was alcoholism (19%) and the third cause was disease and conditions of the skeletal system and locomotor apparatus (11.5% of the total number of disabled drivers).
authors.affiliation: Dom zdravlja, Rijeka.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Racki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vukelić
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Racki
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Racki
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rincić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stipanović
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001334:Automobile Driving; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation
vernacular_title: Uzroci trajne nesposobnosti u profesionalnih vozaca.