Underground Coal Mining: Relationship between Coal Dust Levels and Pneumoconiosis, in Two Regions of Colombia, 2014
Joint Authors
Torres Rey, Carlos Humberto
Ibañez Pinilla, Milciades
Briceño Ayala, Leonardo
Checa Guerrero, Diana Milena
Morgan Torres, Gloria
Groot de Restrepo, Helena
Varona Uribe, Marcela
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-08-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In Colombia, coal miner pneumoconiosis is considered a public health problem due to its irreversibility, high cost on diagnosis, and lack of data related to its prevalence in the country.
Therefore, a cross-sectional study was carried out in order to determine the prevalence of pneumoconiosis in underground coal mining workers in two regions of Colombia.
The results showed a 35.9% prevalence of pneumoconiosis in the study group (42.3% in region 1 and 29.9% in region 2).
An association was found between a radiologic diagnosis of pneumoconiosis and a medium risk level of exposure to carbon dust (OR: 2.901, 95% CI: 0.937, 8.982), medium size companies (OR: 2.301, 95% CI: 1.260–4.201), length of mining work greater than 25 years (OR: 3.222, 95% CI: 1.806–5.748), and a history of smoking for more than one year (OR: 1.479, 95% CI: 0.938–2.334).
These results establish the need to generate an intervention strategy aimed at preventing the identified factors, as well as a timely identification and effective treatment of pneumoconiosis in coal miners, in which the commitment of the General Health and Social Security System and the workers compensation system is ensured.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Torres Rey, Carlos Humberto& Ibañez Pinilla, Milciades& Briceño Ayala, Leonardo& Checa Guerrero, Diana Milena& Morgan Torres, Gloria& Groot de Restrepo, Helena…[et al.]. 2015. Underground Coal Mining: Relationship between Coal Dust Levels and Pneumoconiosis, in Two Regions of Colombia, 2014. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056270
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Torres Rey, Carlos Humberto…[et al.]. Underground Coal Mining: Relationship between Coal Dust Levels and Pneumoconiosis, in Two Regions of Colombia, 2014. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056270
American Medical Association (AMA)
Torres Rey, Carlos Humberto& Ibañez Pinilla, Milciades& Briceño Ayala, Leonardo& Checa Guerrero, Diana Milena& Morgan Torres, Gloria& Groot de Restrepo, Helena…[et al.]. Underground Coal Mining: Relationship between Coal Dust Levels and Pneumoconiosis, in Two Regions of Colombia, 2014. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056270
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1056270