IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v18y2021i24p12990-d698628.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Occupational Disease as the Bane of Workers’ Lives: A Study of Its Incidence in Slovakia. Part 2

Author

Listed:
  • Miriam Andrejiova

    (Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Technical University of Košice, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia)

  • Miriama Pinosova

    (Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Košice, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia)

  • Miroslav Badida

    (Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Košice, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia)

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to monitor the development of the number of occupational diseases related to selected physical factors in the working environment (noise, vibration and dust). Each region of Slovakia has its own specific social and economic conditions. Due to the existence of a strong correlation between the several regional variables observed, principal component analysis (PCA) was used to determine the new variables. Cluster analysis was used to group regions with similar characteristics. A dendrogram was created using the average linkage method, which illustrated the similarity of the regions studied. The value of the cophenetic correlation coefficient (CC = 0.90) confirms the validity of the average linkage method. The result of the cluster analysis is the grouping of the eight regions into five homogenic groups (clusters). An analysis of the data shows that Slovakia’s regional differences significantly influence the incidence of occupational diseases in individual regions. It is shown that, in Slovakia, the development of the number of occupational diseases has seen a favourable trend in the long term.

Suggested Citation

  • Miriam Andrejiova & Miriama Pinosova & Miroslav Badida, 2021. "Occupational Disease as the Bane of Workers’ Lives: A Study of Its Incidence in Slovakia. Part 2," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(24), pages 1-21, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:24:p:12990-:d:698628
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/24/12990/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/24/12990/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Miriama Piňosová & Miriam Andrejiova & Miroslav Badida & Marek Moravec, 2021. "Occupational Disease as the Bane of Workers’ Lives: A Chronological Review of the Literature and Study of Its Development in Slovakia. Part 1," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-29, May.
    2. Marek Moravec & Miroslav Badida & Nikoleta Mikušová & Lýdia Sobotová & Jozef Švajlenka & Tibor Dzuro, 2021. "Proposed Options for Noise Reduction from a Wastewater Treatment Plant: Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-22, February.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Miroslav Badida & Marek Moravec & Miriama Pinosova & Miriam Andrejiova & Kristián Pástor & Alžbeta Nováková & Tibor Dzuro, 2022. "Analysis and Research on the Use of Bulk Recycled Materials for Sound Insulation Applications," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-17, September.
    2. Veronika Gumanová & Lýdia Sobotová & Tibor Dzuro & Miroslav Badida & Marek Moravec, 2022. "Experimental Survey of the Sound Absorption Performance of Natural Fibres in Comparison with Conventional Insulating Materials," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-16, April.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:24:p:12990-:d:698628. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.