Progress in the epidemiological studies on coal mine dust exposure with workers' health damage
10.3760/cma.j.cn121094-20210918-00468
- VernacularTitle:煤矿粉尘对工人健康损害的流行病学研究进展
- Author:
Ruyi LIANG
1
;
Chaoqian DONG
;
Liang YUAN
;
Bingyou JIANG
;
Dongming WANG
;
Weihong CHEN
Author Information
1. 华中科技大学同济医学院公共卫生学院劳动卫生与环境卫生学系，环境与健康教育部重点实验室，国家环境保护部环境与健康重点实验室，武汉 430030
- Keywords:
Dust;
Epidemiology;
Health damage;
Coal worker's pneumoconiosis, CWP;
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD;
Lung carcinoma;
Cardiovascular diseases
- From:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
2022;40(6):476-480
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Coal is one of the major fuels, which brings huge energy and economic benefits to global industry and daily life. large amounts of coal dust produced in the process of coal mining and transportation, which seriously threatens the health of related workers. Productive coal dust exposure not only directly leads to respiratory diseases, but also may cause health damage to various systems throughout the body. Numerous studies have shown that coal dust exposure is closely associated with decreased lung function, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and cardiovascular diseases, and the severity of diseases is affected by coal rank, coal dust concentration, cumulative dust exposure, coal dust composition, and individual lifestyle, etc. The article comprehensively summarized the progress of the epidemiological studies on the health hazards of coal miners from coal dust exposure, in order to provide clues for further researches on health damage and protect the health of the occupational population.
