| ID (ISN) del documento | 108219 |
| Número CIS |
08-584 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine |
| Año |
2006 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Hedlund U., Järvholm B., Lundbäck B. |
| Título |
Persistence of respiratory symptoms in ex-underground iron ore miners |
| Información bibliográfica |
Sep. 2006, Vol.56, No.6, p.380-385. 34 ref. |
| Resumen |
To assess the persistence of respiratory symptoms in ex-miners after cessation of mining exposure, this population-based cross-sectional study used a postal questionnaire comparing prevalence of symptoms between 206 ex-miners who had stopped mining at least one year before the study and 4560 referents not occupationally exposed to irritants or dust. Age, smoking and a family history of asthma were considered as possible confounders in the analysis. 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 of other respiratory symptoms being more common in ex-miners. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
Suecia; minas de hierro; explotación minera en el fondo; enfermedades respiratorias; síntomas |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
bronquitis crónica; periodo de latencia; encuesta por cuestionario; tasas de frecuencia; cambios de puestos de trabajo; valoración estadística; exámenes médicos; estudio transversal |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| País / Estado o Provincia | Suecia |
| Tema(s) |
Minas y canteras
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Medicina del trabajo, epidemiología
|
| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Mining and quarrying
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