Silicosis prevalence and associated occupational risk factors among cassiterite (tin ore) miners in eastern Rwanda: a cross-sectional analysis of mining practice and risk in an active mining cohort
High-risk mining tasks, tobacco use and duration of mining employment were significantly associated with increased risk of having a silicosis diagnosis. Our results indicate that screening and preliminary occupational risk analysis in a rural mining cohort is technically feasible.
Authors
- Joel Mubiligi
- Kamali Kimonyo Innocent
- L. Traube
- Robert Tumusime (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1817-8659)
- Anne Niyigena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6140-8083)
- Vincent K. Cubaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7449-2421)
- Jean Nepomuscene Renzaho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1474-4401)
- Paul Sonenthal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7622-7645)
- Daniel Mays (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7962-614X)
- Stella M. Savarimuthu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0438-2387)
- Fredrick Kateera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6363-5180)
- Wellars Dusingizimana
- Peter Barebwanuwe
- Symaque Dusabeyezu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4999-5278)
- Alphonse Nshimyiryo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2683-9459)
- Tarek Elkady
- Michel Niyinsenga
- Samuel Ambrose Hatfield
- Phoebe Mwiseneza
- Michael Miller
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Partners In Health (US)
- Yale New Haven Hospital (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Global Health Equity (RW)
- University Teaching Hospital of Butare (RW)
- University of Rochester (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2024-110031
- Primary Topic
- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00