TOMÁŠKOVÁ, Hana, Anna ŠPLÍCHALOVÁ, Hana ŠLACHTOVÁ, Pavel URBAN, Zdeňka HAJDUKOVÁ, Irena LANDECKÁ, Rostislav GROMNICA, Petr BRHEL, Daniela PELCLOVÁ and Zdeněk JIRÁK. Mortality in Miners with Coal-Workers' Pneumoconiosis in the Czech Republic in the Period 1992-2013 (Mortality in Miners with Coal-Workers´ Pneumoconiosis in the Czech Republic in the Period 1992 – 2013). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Basel: MDPI AG, vol. 14, No 3, p. 1-12. ISSN 1660-4601. doi:10.3390/ijerph14030269. 2017.
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Original name Mortality in Miners with Coal-Workers' Pneumoconiosis in the Czech Republic in the Period 1992-2013
Authors TOMÁŠKOVÁ, Hana (203 Czech Republic), Anna ŠPLÍCHALOVÁ, Hana ŠLACHTOVÁ, Pavel URBAN (203 Czech Republic), Zdeňka HAJDUKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Irena LANDECKÁ (203 Czech Republic), Rostislav GROMNICA, Petr BRHEL (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Daniela PELCLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Zdeněk JIRÁK (203 Czech Republic).
Edition International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Basel, MDPI AG, 2017, 1660-4601.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30304 Public and environmental health
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 2.145
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/17:00096288
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14030269
UT WoS 000398524100052
Keywords (in Czech) lung cancer; chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases; coal dust; silica
Keywords in English lung cancer; chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases; coal dust; silica
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
While working underground, miners are exposed to a number of risk factors that have a negative impact on their health and may be a cause of an increased mortality in miners. The aim of the study was to compare total and specific mortality in black coal miners with acknowledged coal-workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and without CWP, and the mortality of the general male population in the Czech Republic in the period 1992-2013. The sample consisted of 3476 coal miners with CWP and 6687 ex-coal miners without CWP, who were removed after achieving the maximum permissible exposure (MPE). The mortality risk differences were analyzed with the use of the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and 95% confidence interval. Significantly higher total mortality (SMR = 1.10; 95% CI: 1.02-1.17), and mortality from malignant neoplasm (SMR = 1.16; 95% CI: 1.03-1.30), lung cancers (SMR = 1.70; 95% CI: 1.41-2.04), and non-malignant respiratory diseases (SMR = 2.78; 95% CI: 2.32-3.31) were found in the sample of coal miners with CWP. In this sample, the severity of CWP was assessed, and the SMR increased with the severity of CWP. The total (SMR = 0.86; 95% CI: 0.82-0.91) and specific mortality of miners without CWP were not higher compared with the general population. In the case where the miners were removed from underground work after achieving the MPE (without CWP), their mortality was not higher than that of the general population, but the mortality of miners with CWP was higher compared to the general population. This mortality was affected by malignant and non-malignant respiratory diseases.
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