Estimates and Predictions of Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis Cases among Redeployed Coal Workers of the Fuxin Mining Industry Group in China: A Historical Cohort Study

Autor: Guojiang Zhai, Yang Sheng, Yuting Li, Jie Chen, Yu-Han Zhai, Jie Liang, Hongbo Yi, Kai Cui, Hongbo Liu, Mengcang Zhang, Qun Wang, Fuhai Shen, Bing Han
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Male
Fossil Fuels
Pulmonology
Economics
lcsh:Medicine
Social Sciences
Cohort Studies
Geographical Locations
0302 clinical medicine
Insurance policy
Medicine and Health Sciences
Life Tables
Public and Occupational Health
030212 general & internal medicine
lcsh:Science
Multidisciplinary
Pneumoconiosis
Dust
Coal Industry
Coal
Cohort
Physical Sciences
Engineering and Technology
Organic Materials
0305 other medical science
Cohort study
Research Article
Employment
China
Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis
Asia
Materials by Structure
Materials Science
Jobs
Fuels
Environmental and Occupational Lung Diseases
complex mixtures
03 medical and health sciences
Life Expectancy
Environmental health
Occupational Exposure
medicine
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Humans
Anthracosis
Materials by Attribute
Demography
030505 public health
business.industry
lcsh:R
Pneumoconioses
Coal mining
technology
industry
and agriculture
medicine.disease
Coal Mining
respiratory tract diseases
Energy and Power
Age Groups
Coalworker's pneumoconiosis
Labor Economics
People and Places
Life expectancy
lcsh:Q
Population Groupings
Business
human activities
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 2, p e0148179 (2016)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: This research was aimed at estimating possible Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) cases as of 2012, and predicting future CWP cases among redeployed coal workers from the Fuxin Mining Industry Group. This study provided the scientific basis for regulations on CWP screening and diagnosis and labor insurance policies for redeployed coal workers of resource-exhausted mines. The study cohort included 19,116 coal workers. The cumulative incidence of CWP was calculated by the life-table method. Possible CWP cases by occupational category were estimated through the average annual incidence rate of CWP and males' life expectancy. It was estimated that 141 redeployed coal workers might have suffered from CWP as of 2012, and 221 redeployed coal workers could suffer from CWP in the future. It is crucial to establish a set of feasible and affordable regulations on CWP screening and diagnosis as well as labor insurance policies for redeployed coal workers of resource-exhausted coal mines in China.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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