title: [A health survey in the workers of municipality].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Internal and external air pollution that is gradually increasing due to urbanization and industrialization has a negative impact on the lung health. A health survey has been applied to evaluate the respiratory symptoms, respiration functions and smoking habbits of the workers of Izmir Konak Municipality whom have been reported to have a high rate of smoking habbit and be affected by the external air pollution due to their being working in the field by the Municipality's doctor.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaire that are composed of the topics of work anamnesis, environmental anamnesis, curriculum vitae, symptoms (coughing, sputum, wheezing, dyspnea, hemoptysis) and smoking have been executed to 301 workers by face to face interview and their chest X-rays have been reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Dyspnea on exertion, sputum in the morning, wheezing and morning cough have been the most frequently observed complaints (respectively 37.2%, 32.2%, 27.9% and 24.9%). Sanitary workers have reported sputum in the morning more while maintanance shop workers have reported wheezing more (p values respectively 0.009, 0.008). No significance has been observed while the workers are evaluated one by one regarding to their work groups. No significant difference was identified between the addiction of smoking and nicotin addiction or pulmonary function test and chest X-rays (p> 0.05) but active smoking was much more seen in drivers (p= 0.047).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although working on the hazardous work branch does not institute a sharp distinction, it becomes significant to trace and lead the workers in order to obtain their lung health protection in long term. Informing and influencing the workers about the harms of smoking and the ways to quit has been the most considerable acquisition of this survey.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey. tugbagoktalay@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Tuğba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Göktalay
authors.forename: Ayşın
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Şakar Coşkun
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Havlucu
authors.forename: Selim Erkan
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Akdemir
authors.forename: Utku
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Datlı
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gümeli
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yorgancıoğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D002947:Cities; D003371:Cough / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D062489:Health Impact Assessment; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology