Evaluation of the exposure to coal dust and prevalence of pneumoconiosis in underground mining in three Colombian departments

Introduction: Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis is a chronic and irreversible disease representing a public health problem. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of pneumoconiosis and its associated factors among underground coal miners in the Colombian departments of Boyacá, Cundinamarca and Norte de Sa...

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Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Universidad del Rosario
Repositorio:
Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/23533
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v38i4.4183
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23533
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Adult
Coal mining
Colombia
Cross-sectional study
Dust
Female
Human
Male
Middle aged
Mining
Occupational exposure
Pneumoconiosis
Prevalence
Silicosis
Statistics and numerical data
Young adult
Adult
Coal mining
Colombia
Cross-sectional studies
Dust
Female
Humans
Male
Middle aged
Mining
Occupational exposure
Pneumoconiosis
Prevalence
Silicosis
Young adult
Exposición profesional
Genotoxicidad
Minas de carbón
Neumoconiosis
Prevención de enfermedades
Sílice libre
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