Morbidity and Health Risk Factors Among New Mexico Miners
| Autor: | Kandace Evans, Kristin Yeoman, A. S. Laney, Akshay Sood, Alice M. Shumate, Tami Sanchez, Roger Karr, Tristan Victoroff |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male Adolescent Cross-sectional study New Mexico Health outcomes Logistic regression Article Angina Pectoris Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Neoplasms Environmental health Osteoarthritis Back pain medicine Humans Young adult Health risk health care economics and organizations Aged business.industry Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Coal mining Middle Aged Coal Mining 030210 environmental & occupational health Asthma Occupational Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Back Pain Metals 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Relative risk Chronic Disease Uranium Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 59:789-794 |
| ISSN: | 1076-2752 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/jom.0000000000001078 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE This study examines differences in chronic health outcomes between coal, uranium, metal, and nonmetal miners. METHODS In a cross-sectional study using data from a health screening program for current and former New Mexico miners, log-binomial logistic regression models were used to estimate relative risks of respiratory and heart disease, cancer, osteoarthritis, and back pain associated with mining in each sector as compared with coal, adjusting for other relevant risk factors. RESULTS Differential risks in angina, pulmonary symptoms, asthma, cancer, osteoarthritis, and back pain between mining sectors were found. CONCLUSIONS New Mexico miners experience different chronic health challenges across sectors. These results demonstrate the importance of using comparable data to understand how health risks differ across mining sectors. Further investigation among a broader geographic population of miners will help identify the health priorities and needs in each sector. |
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