| Document ID (ISN) | 42350 |
| CIS number |
84-1376 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0047-1879 - Japanese Journal of Industrial Health - Sangyō-Igaku |
| Year |
1983 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Hisashige A., Kume Y., Yamamoto M., Ogawa T., Nakao S., Ohara H. |
| Title |
An analysis of the mortality patterns in the area supplying tunnel workers away from home - Part 1. On the regional difference of the mortality rate by the supplying rate of tunnel workers |
| Bibliographic information |
1983, Vol.25, No.4, p.245-261. Illus. 110 ref. |
| Abstract |
Many tunnel workers migrate from one place to another in the course of their work. Hazardous factors in tunnel digging include dust, vibration, and noise. Mortality rates in a district of Japan supplying many tunnel workers were compared with those of a district supplying few such workers. There was a close relationship between tunnel work and silicotuberculosis, tuberculosis and infectious and parasitic diseases as causes of death. Digestive system diseases, neoplasms, all causes, stomach cancer and pneumoconiosis were related to both tunnel work and other regional occupations such as fishing. There was no relation between tunnel work and cerebrovascular disease. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
mortality; respirable dust; migrant workers; tunnelling; underground work |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Japan; tuberculosis; digestive system diseases; circulatory disorders of the brain; comparative study; pneumoconiosis with tuberculosis; pneumoconiosis; gastrointestinal cancer; neoplasms; infectious diseases |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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