ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2019
Effects of occupational exposure to respirable quartz dust on acute myocardial infarction.
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- Occupational exposure to silica and risk of heart disease: a systematic review with meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of occupational dust exposure on the health status of workers in China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Occupational exposures and coronary heart disease in the Hamburg City Health Study (HCHS) - a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Unveiling the threat of crystalline silica on the cardiovascular system. A comprehensive review of the current knowledge.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pneumoconiosis: Results from a Retrospective Cohort Study.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and acute myocardial infarction among men and women in Sweden.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2022Article
- Cardiovascular disease in the World Trade Center Health Program General Responder Cohort.American journal of industrial medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study is to investigate the effects of occupational exposure to respirable quartz (RQ) on first acute myocardial infarction (AMI). RQ causes pulmonary diseases like silicosis and has also been linked to cardiovascular diseases. Inflammation is hypothesised as the underlying pathway.
methodsWe performed a 1:3 matched case-control study nested in a cohort of male uranium miners. We included cases (identified from hospital records and validated according to WHO criteria) who had suffered their first AMI while still employed and <65 years of age. Controls were matched by date of birth and Wismut recruitment era. RQ exposure was derived from a job-exposure matrix. We performed a conditional logistic regression adjusted for smoking, metabolic syndrome and baseline erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Subgroups by date of birth and Wismut recruitment era were analysed to minimise the impact of pre-exposures.
resultsThe study base comprised 292 matched sets. The cumulative exposure ranged from 0 to 38.9 mg/m
conclusionsAn impact of quartz dust on first AMI was observed only in a small subgroup that had virtually no pre-exposure to RQ. Further studies on the basis of complete occupational history are required to substantiate this finding.
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