ArticleBioMed research international2016
Association between the Type of Workplace and Lung Function in Copper Miners.
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- Welding Fumes, a Risk Factor for Lung Diseases.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Copper homeostasis dysregulation in respiratory diseases: a review of current knowledge.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Review
- High serum copper as a risk factor of all-cause and cause-specific mortality among US adults, NHANES 2011-2014.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Contribution of cuproptosis and Cu metabolism-associated genes to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2023Review
- Copper Exposure Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition-Related Fibrotic Change via Autophagy and Increase Risk of Lung Fibrosis in Human.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Crocin averts functional and structural rat hepatic disturbances induced by copper oxide nanoparticles.Toxicology research · 2022Article
- Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Extracellular Vesicles in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Zambia Assessment of Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV in the Mines (ZATHIM): implications for programs and policies.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Metal-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis.Current environmental health reports · 2018Review
- Respiratory health of dust-exposed Congolese coltan miners.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2018Article
- Serum copper levels are associated with bone mineral density and total fracture.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2018Article
- The association between serum copper concentrations and cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and adolescents in NHANES.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
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Abstract
The aim of the analysis was to retrospectively assess changes in lung function in copper miners depending on the type of workplace. In the groups of 225 operators, 188 welders, and 475 representatives of other jobs, spirometry was performed at the start of employment and subsequently after 10, 20, and 25 years of work. Spirometry Longitudinal Data Analysis software was used to estimate changes in group means for FEV1 and FVC. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to assess an association between workplace and lung function. Lung function assessed on the basis of calculation of longitudinal FEV1 (FVC) decline was similar in all studied groups. However, multiple linear regression model used in cross-sectional analysis revealed an association between workplace and lung function. In the group of welders, FEF75 was lower in comparison to operators and other miners as early as after 10 years of work. Simultaneously, in smoking welders, the FEV1/FVC ratio was lower than in nonsmokers (p < 0,05). The interactions between type of workplace and smoking (p < 0,05) in their effect on FVC, FEV1, PEF, and FEF50 were shown. Among underground working copper miners, the group of smoking welders is especially threatened by impairment of lung ventilatory function.
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