As information on indoor air quality accumulated* it became apparent that radon and its progeny are invariably present in indoor environments and that concentrations may reach unacceptably high levels. The lung cancer excess anong miners exposed to radon progeny raised concern that exposure to radon progeny might also cause lung cancer in the general population. This presentation first provides...

BACKGROUND As a specific male occupational group, underground coal miners have been commonly found to have a high prevalence of cigarette smoking. It is of urgent need to explore some factors that could be intervened to reduce smoking from personal or internal perspective. The purpose of the present study was to examine the associations of psychological capital (PsyCap), demographic and occupat...

This article develops recent trans-national perspectives by considering Chinese indentured labor to South Africa (1904-1907), with a spatial focus on the port of Durban and the adjacent Indian Ocean. I examine the relationship of Chinese workers with medicine as a particular form of colonial authority. Far from being part of the notoriously unregulated exchanges of “coolie-labor” characterized ...

a survey on lead intoxication in lead mine workers was carried out among khanehsorme, lead miners in najafaabad and also in ab-bagh lead miners in shahreza, both located in district of esfahan, iran. the studies were carried out on 62 miners out of 82 employees in khanehsorme, 25 miners out of 27 employees in ab-bagh lead miners and 47 rural inhabitants in the surroundings of mines were selecte...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to assess the relationship of mortality from lung cancer and other selected causes to asbestos exposure levels. METHODS A cohort of 1539 male workers from a chrysotile mine in China was followed for 26 years. Data on vital status, occupation and smoking were collected from the mine records and individual contacts. Causes and dates of death were further verif...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the prevalence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) or progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) among United States underground miners is associated with mine size. METHODS We examined chest radiographs from 1970 to 2009 of working miners who participated in the National Coal Workers Health Surveillance Program for the presence of small and large opacities consistent...

BACKGROUND Eliminating silicosis is a priority of the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization. Prevalence is particularly high in developing countries. OBJECTIVES We describe trends in silicosis among South African gold miners who had had an autopsy between 1975 and 2007 and quantify the contributions of age at autopsy and employment duration to these trends. MET...