Silicosis en trabajadores expuestos a conglomerados de cuarzo

  1. Cesar Enrique Rattia-Rivas 1
  2. Sergio Martinez-Aguirre 2
  3. Marianna Affinito 3
  4. Sherry Sue Lonighi 4
  5. Jerónimo Maqueda 5
  1. 1 Hospital Universitario Basurto, Unidad Básica de Prevención, Bilbao
  2. 2 Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, Oviedo
  3. 3 Hospital San Pedro, Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales del Servicio Riojano de Salud, Logroño
  4. 4 Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Servicio de prevención de riesgos laborales, Madrid
  5. 5 Instituto Nacional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, Madrid
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Journal:
Medicina y seguridad del trabajo

ISSN: 0465-546X,  1989-7790

Year of publication: 2022

Volume: 68

Issue: 266

Pages: 11-24

Type: Article

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Abstract

Introduction: silicosis, a chronic disease caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust, continues to be a current occupational health problem. The objective of the research was to estimate the risk of complicated and/or accelerated silicosis in workers exposed to silica dust from quartz conglomerates compared to the risk of workers exposed to ornamental rock.Method: an analytical study of cases and controls prevalent in workers whose health surveillance was carried out at the National Institute of Silicosis (Spain), between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2018 was developed (N = 90). The significance value of all the hypotheses tests performed was α = 0.05.Results: a higher risk of complicated silicosis was determined in workers exposed to silica dust from the use of quartz conglomerates by calculating Chi square, with a total of 7 cases (46.67%) of complicated silicosis (p = 0.046).Conclusions: there is a higher risk of complicated silicosis in workers exposed to silica dust from the use of quartz conglomerates compared to those exposed to silica dust from ornamental rock. No relationship was observed be-tween the risk of developing accelerated silicosis and exposure to quartz conglomerates in the analyzed sample

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