| Document ID (ISN) | 41406 |
| CIS number |
84-329 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0465-546X - Medicina y seguridad del trabajo |
| Year |
1982 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Carrasco Prieto A.L., Tejedor Muñoz J.M., Vásquez Barbado C., Zancajo Castañares J.L. |
| Title |
Retrospective epidemiological study of 100 cases of silicosis |
| Original title |
Estudio epidemiológico retrospectivo: A propósito de 100 casos de silicosis [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr.-June 1982, Vol.30, No.118, p.76-82. |
| Abstract |
Aspects studied in this randomly selected group of patients: age, sex, length of exposure, degree of silicosis, type of work, contamination source, personal history, and the individual criteria in relation to degree of silicosis. The 3 grades of silicosis were most frequent at ages 46-50 years (although grade III was present before the age of 45) and after exposure of 15-20 years. Hammerpick miners constituted the majority of patients in all 3 grades. There was a high incidence of intercurrent pathology (chronic bronchitis in 90%, chronic alcoholism, tobacco use, rheumatism). Recommendations are made regarding health education of workers, early detection, development of a health programme, improvement of mining techniques |
| Descriptors (primary) |
anthracite; respirable dust; coalworkers pneumoconiosis; coal mining; silicosis |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
chronic bronchitis; alcoholism; age-linked differences; epidemiologic study; smoking |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying
Alcohol and drug abuse
Pneumoconioses
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