High exposure mining occupations are associated with obstructive lung disease, National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 2006‐2015

Mabila, Sithembile L.; Almberg, K.S.; Friedman, Lee S.; Cohen, Robert A.

doi:10.1002/ajim.22890

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“…Our study demonstrates that this relationship may be a pattern in municipalities that present open iron mining, evidencing the need to adopt mitigating actions to reduce particulate materials from these enterprises, aiming to reduce the impact on the health of children and adolescents by respiratory diseases. Impacts on the population’s respiratory health, related to mining activities, have also been identified in other regions of the world, with an increase in chronic bronchitis, emphysema and other chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in the United States (Mabila and Almberg, 2018) and Sweden (Hedlund et al, 2004).…”

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“…In our study, as the male elderly population (60 years old or more), but not the female elderly, was influenced by the mining area of the municipality, it may indicates that this increase in hospitalizations is related to occupational activities that occurred during the mining operations that have historically occurred in the QF region. It is well-known that there is a predominance of male employees in mining activities (Mabila and Almberg, 2018), activities more susceptible to respiratory diseases (Hedlund et al, 2004; Mabila and Almberg, 2018). Other behavioral factors may also have influenced this result, such as, for example, the higher prevalence of smoking in the male population compared to the female population in Brazil (INCA, 2019).…”

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Land use influences human mental and respiratory health in a conservation priority area in southeastern Brazil

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Massara

Chaves

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Human activities generate negative environmental impacts that can compromise ecological processes and ecosystem services and thus, influence human health. We assessed how natural and altered areas affect human respiratory and mental health in one of the largest mining provinces in the world, the Quadrilatero Ferrifero (QF), in southeastern Brazil. We used a model selection approach to evaluate socioeconomic and environmental factors that would influence hospitalization rates for mental and behavioral disorders, as well as for respiratory diseases in 22 municipalities in QF. Municipalities with higher rates of urbanization had higher rates of hospitalizations for mental and behavioral disorders. Conversely, the adult population (15-59 years old) of both gender and the elderly female population (60 years old or more) presented lower rates of hospitalization for respiratory diseases in municipalities with a higher rate of urbanization, suggesting a greater ease of access to prophylactic measures of the population located in these municipalities compared to those with a lower rate of urbanization. Municipalities with larger urban forest areas had lower rates of hospitalization for respiratory diseases in the young (0-14 years) female population, while municipalities with larger mining areas had higher rates. The elderly male population (60 years or older) also had higher rates of hospitalization for respiratory diseases in municipalities with larger mining areas. Our findings show important ecosystem services provided by urban forests and highlight impacts on health, in different segments of the population, due to anthropogenic changes in the landscape.

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Land use influences human mental and respiratory health in a conservation priority area in southeastern Brazil

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Chaves

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“…Workers usually stay for an extended period of time on the mining front, so the dispersed dust particles in the respiratory area pose a significant problem (Xie, Cheng, Yu, & Sun, 2018). In the last decade, the incidence of mine dust related diseases has shown an increase (Mabila, Almberg, Friedman, & Cohen, 2018). This short review main objective was to characterise the occupational dust exposure in the mining industry by determining the actual exposure values, the circumstances in which the exposure occurs, the occupational diseases associated with it and the prevalence of such diseases.…”

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3rd Symposium on Occupational Safety and Health Proceedings Book

2019

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Introduction: Osteopathy is an emergent health-care profession, present in most of the developed world and since 2013, regulated in Portugal. Osteopaths intervene in a range of health issues in which pain is a very common aspect. Pain is a worldwide problem, affecting all aspects of society. Measurement of pain objectively is yet not possible; even considered unreliable in many circumstances, the standard is selfreported questionnaires. A variety of different scales were used to measure the intensity of pain in Osteopathic research; however, the criteria of the options are not always clear or reported. This review aims to analyze and critically compare the different characteristics of the most used questionnaires by osteopathic researchers for assessing the intensity of pain in randomized controlled trials (RCT). Methodology: A literature search was conducted using 7 electronic databases. This search was conducted for RCT articles studying the efficacy/effectiveness of the osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) intervention in pain. The findings followed the PRISMA statement. Included studies were assessed for the risk of bias (RoB) using the Jadad score. Results and Discussion: 123 studies were identified, and after removal of duplicates and application of the eligibility criteria, 21 articles were included for this review. Nine studies used the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) 10cm scale, seven the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) 11 points scale, the remaining used other options. Although similar, there are differences in these two scales that may affect the outcomes. Justification of the choice of the evaluation instrument was not always present and not associated with the methodology and the target population. The overall quality of the studies, in terms of RoB, was considered good. Conclusion: VAS and NRS are the choices of most authors. Authors in Osteopathy, or other health care professions should be very clear about the reasons behind the choices for measuring the intensity of pain; these should fit the objectives and study design.

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