Morbidity and Health Risk Factors Among New Mexico Miners: A Comparison Across Mining Sectors

Shumate, Alice M.; Yeoman, Kristin; Victoroff, Tristan; Evans, Kandace; Karr, Roger; Sanchez, Tami; Sood, Akshay; Laney, Anthony Scott

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Morbidity and Health Risk Factors Among New Mexico Miners: A Comparison Across Mining Sectors

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Aug 2017
By Shumate, Alice M. ; Yeoman, Kristin ; Victoroff, Tristan ; ...

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J Occup Environ Med
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Shumate, Alice M. ; Yeoman, Kristin ; Victoroff, Tristan ; Evans, Kandace ; Karr, Roger ; Sanchez, Tami ; Sood, Akshay ; Laney, Anthony Scott
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Objective

This study examines differences in chronic health outcomes between coal, uranium, metal, and nonmetal miners.

Methods

In a cross-sectional study using data from a health screening program for current and former New Mexico miners, log-binomial logistic regression models were used to estimate relative risks of respiratory and heart disease, cancer, osteoarthritis, and back pain associated with mining in each sector as compared with coal, adjusting for other relevant risk factors.

Results

Differential risks in angina, pulmonary symptoms, asthma, cancer, osteoarthritis, and back pain between mining sectors were found.

Conclusions

New Mexico miners experience different chronic health challenges across sectors. These results demonstrate the importance of using comparable data to understand how health risks differ across mining sectors. Further investigation among a broader geographic population of miners will help identify the health priorities and needs in each sector.
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Adolescent Adult Aged Angina Pectoris Article Asthma Back Pain Chronic Disease Coal Mining Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Male Metals Middle Aged Neoplasms New Mexico Occupational Diseases Osteoarthritis Risk Factors Smoking Uranium Young Adult
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J Occup Environ Med. 59(8):789-794.
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28697062
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PMC5613973
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Journal Article
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CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
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59
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8
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