Nickel-exposed workers in China: a cohort study.

Ya Na Bai; Ai Min Yang; Ai Min Yagn; Hong Quan PU; Jie HE; Ning Cheng; Tong Zhang Zheng; Min Dai; Ya Wei Zhang; Bryan A Bassing; Qiu Ying Wang

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Nickel-exposed workers in China: a cohort study.

Author: Ya Na BAI ^{1
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2} ; Ai Min YANG ; Ai Min YAGN ³ ; Hong Quan PU ⁴ ; Jie HE ⁵ ; Ning CHENG ⁶ ; Tong Zhang ZHENG ⁷ ; Min DAI ⁵ ; Ya Wei ZHANG ⁷ ; Bryan A BASSING ⁷ ; Qiu Ying WANG ⁴
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1. College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
2. School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China.
3. College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China.
4. Workers' Hospital of Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd., Jinchang 737103, Gansu, China.
5. Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100021, China.
6. Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Medicine, College of Basic Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China.
7. School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Adult; Aged; Alcohol Drinking; epidemiology; Biomarkers, Tumor; analysis; China; epidemiology; Cholecystitis; epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Hypertension; epidemiology; etiology; Life Style; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; epidemiology; etiology; mortality; Nickel; toxicity; Occupational Exposure; statistics & numerical data; Rhinitis, Allergic; Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial; epidemiology; Smoking; epidemiology; Young Adult
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2014;27(3):208-211
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: There are more than 50 000 workers in Jinchuan Group Co, Ltd (JNMC). Since all staff in JNMC are eligible for a medical examination every two years, only 23 484 nickel-exposed subjects who participated in medical examination were included in this study. Their data, collected from June 22, 2011 to September 28, 2012, in a comprehensive epidemiological survey and during medical examinations, permitted an extensive evaluation of the relation between metal exposure, gene, epigenetics and risk of human diseases. Their lifestyle investigation showed that the overall prevalence of current smokers, alcohol drinkers, and tea drinkers was 39.1%, 19.7%, and 55.2%, respectively. The prevalence of hypertension, allergic rhinitis and cholecystitis , the top 3 prevalent diseases, was 11.7%, 11.0%, and 8.9%, respectively.