Ethnic differences in the prevalence of nonmalignant respiratory disease among uranium miners

American Journal of Public Health
D W MapelF D Gilliland

Abstract

This study (1) investigates the relationship of nonmalignant respiratory disease to underground uranium mining and to cigarette smoking in Native American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White miners in the Southwest and (2) evaluates the criteria for compensation of ethnic minorities. Risk for mining-related lung disease was analyzed by stratified analysis, multiple linear regression, and logistic regression with data on 1359 miners. Uranium mining is more strongly associated with obstructive lung disease and radiographic pnuemoconiosis in Native Americans than in Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites. Obstructive lung disease in Hispanic and non-Hispanic White miners is mostly related to cigarette smoking. Current compensation criteria excluded 24% of Native Americans who, by ethnic-specific standards, had restrictive lung disease and 4.8% who had obstructive lung disease. Native Americans have the highest prevalence of radiographic pneumoconiosis, but are less likely to meet spirometry criteria for compensation. Native American miners have more nonmalignant respiratory disease from underground uranium mining, and less disease from smoking, than the other groups, but are less likely to receive compensation for mining-related disease.

References

Jan 1, 1976·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·V E ArcherJ K Wagoner
Sep 1, 1991·The American Review of Respiratory Disease·R BéginN Colman
Dec 1, 1988·The American Review of Respiratory Disease·D B CoultasJ M Samet
Apr 1, 1995·American Journal of Public Health·R J RoscoeT M Schnorr
Apr 1, 1994·Health Physics·J M SametW C Hunt
Sep 1, 1993·Toxicology and Industrial Health·R D Bullard, B H Wright
Oct 1, 1993·American Journal of Industrial Medicine·E HnizdoR G Thomas
Dec 1, 1964·Health Physics·W E ARCHERJ K WAGONER

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Sep 28, 2000·Health Physics·F D GillilandG Saccomanno
Oct 19, 2011·The European Respiratory Journal·Michelle C TurnerMichael J Thun
May 3, 2001·Environmental Health Perspectives·K B MulloyM Kornfeld
May 1, 1997·American Journal of Public Health·M E Northridge, P M Shepard
May 1, 1997·American Journal of Public Health·W Chavkin
Jul 31, 2010·Journal of Environmental and Public Health·Joseph E BunnellAllan Kolker
Sep 17, 2014·International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health·Benjamin A Jones
Mar 30, 2000·Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine·F D GillilandC R Key
May 30, 1998·Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine·V E ArcherT V Colby
Sep 16, 2015·Environmental Health Perspectives·Shuguang LengSteven A Belinsky
Jul 17, 2018·Journal of Korean Medical Science·Jung Ran ChoiDae Ryong Kang
Apr 28, 2017·Current Environmental Health Reports·Johnnye LewisDebra MacKenzie
Oct 10, 2018·Current Environmental Health Reports·Nour AssadKatherine E Zychowski
Jan 6, 2018·Journal of Cancer Prevention·Jung Ran ChoiDae Ryong Kang

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Cardiomyopathy

Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle, that can lead to muscular or electrical dysfunction of the heart. It is often an irreversible disease that is associated with a poor prognosis. There are different causes and classifications of cardiomyopathies. Here are the latest discoveries pertaining to this disease.