| Document ID (ISN) | 107450 |
| CIS number |
07-1316 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
2006 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Hedlund U., Järvholm B., Lundbäck B. |
| Title |
Persistence of respiratory symptoms in ex-underground iron ore miners |
| Bibliographic information |
2006, No.56, p.380-385. 34 ref. |
| Abstract |
The objective of this case-control study was to assess the persistence of respiratory symptoms in ex-miners after cessation of mining exposure. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire comparing the prevalence of symptoms between ex-miners who had stopped mining at least one year before the study and referents not occupationally exposed to irritants or dust. Age, smoking and a family history of asthma were considered as possible confounders in the analysis. A total of 206 ex-miners and 4560 referents participated. Ex-miners had on average been working as miners for 13 years and had stopped mining 16 years before the study. Chronic productive cough and physician-diagnosed chronic bronchitis were significantly more common among ex-miners. Furthermore, there was a trend that other respiratory symptoms were more common in ex-miners. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
iron ore mining; chronic respiratory diseases; risk factors; underground mining |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
airborne dust; obstructive ventilatory impairment; Sweden; chronic bronchitis; quartz; statistical evaluation; exposure evaluation; case-control study; long-term exposure; transfer to other work; symptoms |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Sweden |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Mining and quarrying
|
