Occupational Exposure to Silica Dust and Silicosis Risk in Chinese Noncoal Mines: Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Assessment
Chinese noncoal miners, especially those in nonmetal, nonferrous metal, small, and open-pit mines, still suffer high-level exposure to silica dust and a medium-level risk of silicosis. Data of both total silica dust and respirable silica dust are vital for occupational health risk assessment in order to devise effective control measures to reduce noncoal mine silica dust levels, improve miners' working environment, and reduce the risk of silicosis.
Authors
- C.L. Shi
- Kai Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6452-9980)
- Heng-dong Zhang
- Jian-Qiong Gao
- Yong-Qing Chen
- Bing Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6431-184X)
- Geng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0978-6027)
- SU Shi-biao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5705-7492)
- Weijiang Hu
- Ying Xia
- Hongying Bian
- Le-Ping Qiu
- Kang Ning
- Meng Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2007-4918)
- Xin Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5131-0012)
- Wei Wen
- Lei Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8176-4912)
- Feng Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7527-1660)
- Xin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1249-0484)
- Y. Q. Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6307-9154)
- N. J. Kang
- Qiang Zhi
- Liangying Mei
- Yun-Feng Nie
Institutions
- Guangdong Provincial Occupational Disease Prevention Hospital (CN)
- Shenyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Wuhan Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases (CN)
- Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diease Prevention and Control (CN)
- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- The Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (CN)
- Inner Mongolia Comprehensive Disease Prevention and Control Center (CN)
- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control (CN)
- Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/56283
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.93