Environmental and Occupational Health on the Navajo Nation: A Scoping Review

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• Personal Author:
  Coombs S ; Jones RM ; Sleeth DK
• Description:
  A scoping review was performed to answer: what environmental health concerns have been associated with adverse health outcomes in the Navajo Nation? The review focused on occupational and ambient environmental exposures associated with human industrial activities. The search strategy was implemented in PubMed, and two investigators screened the retrieved literature. Thirteen studies were included for review. Data were extracted using the matrix method. Six studies described associations between work in uranium mining and cancer. Six studies focused on environmental exposures to uranium mine waste and other metals, with outcomes that included biological markers, kidney disease, diabetes and hypertension, and adverse birth outcomes. One study explored occupational exposure to Sin Nombre Virus and infection. Most research has focused on the health effects of uranium, where occupational exposures occurred among miners and environmental exposures are a legacy of uranium mining and milling. Gaps exist with respect to health outcomes associated with current occupations and the psychosocial impact of environmental hazards. Other environmental exposures and hazards are known to exist on the Navajo Nation, which may warrant epidemiologic research. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Epidemiology Healthcare Disparities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Uranium Viral Diseases
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Environmental Health Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Health Disparities Health Disparity Indigenous Peoples Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Psychosocial Factors Uranium Uranium Mining Viral Diseases

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• ISSN:
  0048-7554
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  181-187
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066023
• Citation:
  Rev Environ Health 2021 Dec; 37(2):181-187
• Contact Point Address:
  Rachael M. Jones, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
• Email:
  rachael.jones@utah.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  Uranium (CAS RN 7440-61-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Reviews on Environmental Health
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6ac221eccd66c5ce695bbdcbd85a1ef0844c8f7e55135289b425b8dc2d6df8a32f0530756226e2c907a8ae9d5e87d9049463f5b14079f3b3e851034d7ac79324
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209108/cdc_209108_DS1.pdf
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