Aspects of Occupational Morbidity in The Mining Sector

Marica, Laura; Irimie, Sabina; Băleanu, Virginia

doi:10.1016/s2212-5671(15)00368-8

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“…In the past, silicosis was an issue of concern in Romania, but the second major difference occurs in trends and forecasting, respectively an ascending number of cases in Israel, in contrast to the incidencereduction in Romania since 2010. This aparently decreasing trend of silicosis in Romania might be explained by a major shift in job exposure, coal mining sector becoming an almost extinct one [21,22]. It is not surprising, since coal workers' pneumoconiosis displayed a decreasing trend worldwide [23].…”

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A cross-national perspective on silicosis: incidence, occupational settings, and trends

Popescu,

Stoia,

Morariu

2023

Romanian Journal of Occupational Medicine

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Background: Historically, silicosis is a disease of miners, but the last decade witnessed outbreaks in occupational settings not traditionally associated with silica exposure. Evidence from other countries may ground awareness and control of re-emergent risks. Methods: Incident cases of occupational diseases, ranking and trends were analysed within 2012-2016, respectively within 2007-2016 for silicosis using a cross-national comparative study. Labor force profile and occupation were additional data used to identify similarities and differences between Romania and Israel. The incidence rates for silicosis extracted from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 were compared to national, continental, and global level. Results: Between the two countries, the ratio was 1:1.5 for musculoscheletal disorders, 1:3 for respiratory diseases, 1:4 for noise-induced hearing loss, and 1:10 for silicosis. Regarding silicosis, three major diffences were found, namely: the burden of disease, the trend of incidence (ascending in Israel; descending in Romania), and the occupational setting (coal miner in Romania; artificial stone worker in Israel). Globally, Romania was among countries with high incidence of silicosis in 2017. Conclusion: Silicosis was a national issue of concern at the time, but vigilance should continue, given the severity of this disease and the occurrence of other silica-related diseases.

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A cross-national perspective on silicosis: incidence, occupational settings, and trends

Popescu,

Stoia,

Morariu

2023

Romanian Journal of Occupational Medicine

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“…This aparently decreasing trend of silicosis in Romania might be explained by a major shift in job exposure, coal mining sector becoming an almost extinct one. [18,19] It is not surprising, since coal workers' pneumoconiosis displayed a decreasing trend worldwide. [20] Furthermore, the occupational setting was the second major difference resulted from comparative analysis.…”

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Epidemiology of occupational diseases in Romania and Israel: silicosis as a national concern

Georgeta

Stoia

Ioan

2022

Romanian Journal of Occupational Medicine

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Background: Historically, silicosis is a disease of miners, but the last decade witnessed outbreaks in occupational settings not traditionally associated with silica exposure. Evidence from other countries may ground awareness and control of re-emergent risks. Methods: Incident cases of occupational diseases, ranking and trends were analysed within the period 2005-2016 using a cross-national comparative study. Labor force profile and occupation were additional data used to identify similarities and differences between Romania and Israel. The incidence rates for silicosis extracted from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 were compared to national, continental, and global level. Results: Between the two countries, the ratio was 1:1 for silicosis, musculoscheletal disorders, hearing loss, and chronic bronchitis. Regarding silicosis, two major diffences were found, namely: the trend of incidence (ascending in Israel; descending in Romania) and the occupational setting (coal miner in Romania; artificial stone worker in Israel). Globally, Romania was among countries with high incidence of silicosis in 2017. Conclusion: Silicosis was a national issue of concern at the time, but vigilance should continue, given the severity of this disease and the occurrence of other silica-related diseases.

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“…Переход на индивидуальном уровне от вероятностей и возникновения заболеваний к рискам здоровью работника проводится, исходя из классического определения, что риск -это совокупность вероятности и тяжести последствий. Другими словами, критичность риска определяется значением вероятности негативных ответов со стороны здоровья работника, умноженной на значение тяжести его последствий [23,24].…”

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Conceptual foundations of a corporate intelligent risk-based system for analysis, prediction and prevention of occupational and work-related health disorders of workers

Zaitseva,

Kiryanov,

Zemlyanova

et al. 2023

Health Risk Analysis

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The relevance of the study is determined by the strategic interests of the Russian Federation dictating the need to achieve a national priority, which is the development of human potential. Given the ongoing reduction in labor force against a background of depopulation processes, finding a solution to the problem seems especially relevant. The purpose of this study is to develop a scientific conceptual framework for an intelligent risk-based innovative system for analysis, prediction and prevention of occupational and work-related health disorders of workers. This will help substantiate keynote sanitary-hygienic and medical-preventive measures aimed at reducing losses in healthy life expectancy and increasing occupational longevity. The main theoretical idea is based on a unique information-intellectual innovative system for analyzing and predicting cause-and-effect relationships between the effects of harmful and hazardous occupational factors and the resulting health problems of workers, occupational diseases included. The developed predictive digital neural network models, trained on retrospective or actual data on working conditions, health status, socioeconomic conditions and lifestyle factors, are the information and analytical basis for carrying out calculations and assessing the evolution of personal and group (occupation, age, and work records) health risks caused by occupational or work-related diseases in workers. This provides solid grounds for making a forecast of a prevented period of reduction in occupational working capacity associated with working conditions, specifically for each examined occupation, age, and work records. Such forecasts are an eligible information basis for developing and making well-grounded managerial decisions including those concerning sanitary, hygienic and medical preventive measures aimed at preserving occupational longevity. This will significantly increase effectiveness of corporate health-preserving policies.

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Aspects of Occupational Morbidity in The Mining Sector

Cited by 8 publications

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A cross-national perspective on silicosis: incidence, occupational settings, and trends

A cross-national perspective on silicosis: incidence, occupational settings, and trends

Epidemiology of occupational diseases in Romania and Israel: silicosis as a national concern

Conceptual foundations of a corporate intelligent risk-based system for analysis, prediction and prevention of occupational and work-related health disorders of workers

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