High prevalence of accelerated silicosis among gold miners in Jiangxi, China

• Published in: American journal of industrial medicine Vol. 50; no. 12; pp. 876 - 880
• Main Authors: Tse, Lap Ah, Li, Zhi Min, Wong, Tze Wai, Fu, Zhen Ming, Yu, Ignatius Tak Sun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.12.2007; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: accelerated silicosis; Biological and medical sciences; Chemical and industrial products toxicology. Toxic occupational diseases; China - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dust; Gold Compounds; goldmine; Humans; Inorganic dusts (pneumoconiosises) and organic dusts (byssinosis etc.); Male; Medical sciences; Metals and various inorganic compounds; miners; Mining; Mycobacterium; Occupational Exposure - adverse effects; Occupational Health; Prevalence; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Silicon Dioxide - toxicity; Silicosis - diagnosis; Silicosis - epidemiology; Silicosis - etiology; Time Factors; Toxicology; Asia; China; China, People's Rep; Human; Lung disease; Gold; Prevalence; Occupational disease; Pneumoconiosis; Respiratory disease; Occupational exposure; Epidemiology; miners; Mine; accelerated silicosis; Mining industry; Occupational medicine; Silicosis; goldmine

Background Accelerated silicosis has become uncommon in developed countries, whereas serious health threat still exists in small‐scale mining in developing countries. This study was to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of accelerated silicosis among Chinese gold miners. Methods A cross‐sec...