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ArticleBioMed research international2015

Underground Coal Mining: Relationship between Coal Dust Levels and Pneumoconiosis, in Two Regions of Colombia, 2014.

Carlos Humberto Torres Rey, Milciades Ibañez Pinilla, Leonardo Briceño Ayala, Diana Milena Checa Guerrero, Gloria Morgan Torres, Helena Groot de Restrepo, Marcela Varona Uribe

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Article in BioMed research international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Injuries and fatalities in Colombian mining emergencies (2005-2018): a retrospective ecological study.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT
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  6. Prevalence of Respiratory Disorders and Associated Factors among Coal Mine Workers, Narrative Review.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carlos Humberto Torres ReyUniversidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
Milciades Ibañez PinillaUniversidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
Leonardo Briceño AyalaUniversidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
Diana Milena Checa GuerreroInstituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia.
Gloria Morgan TorresPositiva ARL, Bogotá, Colombia.
Helena Groot de RestrepoUniversidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
Marcela Varona UribeUniversidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
Universidad del Rosario · COInstituto Nacional de Salud · COUniversidad de Los Andes · CO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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AdultCoalCoal MiningColombiaCross-Sectional StudiesDustHumansMiddle AgedOccupational ExposurePneumoconiosisPrevalenceSmokingYoung AdultCoalDust

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