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The Foundry of one of the largest factories of Hungary was the second section in which we succeeded in reducing the number of lost working days resulting from common cold and influenza, partly by restoring obstructed nasal breathing in the case of common cold and influenza and partly by screening and eliminating chronic pathological processes that often develop a predisposition for acute diseases.
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Ladányi, J.G. Reduction of cold-influenza absenteeism in a factory. Int. Arch. Arbeitsmed 26, 111–116 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00538947
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