Title :

Occupational exposure to crystalline silica in a sample of the French general population.

Author(s) :

Wardyn, Pierre-Marie [Auteur]
IMPact de l'Environnement Chimique sur la Santé humaine (IMPECS) - ULR 4483
Edme, Jean-Louis [Auteur]
IMPact de l’Environnement Chimique sur la Santé humaine (IMPECS) - EA 4483
Cleenewerck, Virginie [Auteur]
IMPact de l'Environnement Chimique sur la Santé humaine (IMPECS) - ULR 4483
Chérot-Kornobis, Nathalie [Auteur]
Impact de l'environnement chimique sur la santé humaine - ULR 4483 [IMPECS]
Ringeval, David [Auteur]
Impact de l'environnement chimique sur la santé humaine - ULR 4483 [IMPECS]
Amouyel, Philippe [Auteur]
Facteurs de risque et déterminants moléculaires des maladies liées au vieillissement (RID-AGE) - U1167
Sobaszek, Annie [Auteur]
Impact de l'environnement chimique sur la santé humaine - ULR 4483 [IMPECS]
Dauchet, Luc [Auteur]
Facteurs de risque et déterminants moléculaires des maladies liées au vieillissement (RID-AGE) - U1167
Hulo, Sebastien [Auteur]
IMPact de l'Environnement Chimique sur la Santé humaine (IMPECS) - ULR 4483

Journal title :

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Abbreviated title :

J Occup Med Toxicol

Volume number :

19

Pages :

3

Publication date :

2024-02-02

ISSN :

1745-6673

English keyword(s) :

Metallurgy
Construction industry
Occupational exposure
Dust
Silicon dioxide

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

Objective: To describe the proportions of subjects exposed to crystalline silica and the sectors of activity concerned between 1965 and 2010 in a sample of the general French population. Methods: We included 2942 ...
Show more >Objective: To describe the proportions of subjects exposed to crystalline silica and the sectors of activity concerned between 1965 and 2010 in a sample of the general French population. Methods: We included 2942 participants aged 40 to 65 years, recruited at random from electoral rolls, from the French general population in the cross-sectional ELISABET study between 2011 and 2013. The proportions of subjects exposed to crystalline silica and their sectors of activity were determined on the basis of their career history and the use of the Matgéné job-exposure matrix. Results: In the total sample, occupational exposure to crystalline silica was found for 291 subjects (9.9%) between 1965 and 2010, with a predominance of men (20.2% of exposed subjects among men (282 out of 1394) versus 0.6% among women (9 out of 1548)). The highest proportion of participants exposed to crystalline silica was reached in 1980 with 6.1% and then decreases to 4.4% in 2010. Among men, the most frequently exposed sectors of activity were manufacture of basic metals (41.5% of exposed men (117 out of 282)), specialised construction activities (23.1% of exposed men (65 out of 282)) and construction of buildings (14.2% of exposed men (40 out of 282)). Conclusions: Although the proportion of workers exposed to crystalline silica has been decreasing since the 1980s, it is still significant at least until 2010, particularly in the construction sector, and further research is needed to improve the monitoring of workers who are or have been exposed to crystalline silica.Show less >

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CHU Lille
Institut Pasteur de Lille

Collections :

• IMPact de l'Environnement Chimique sur la Santé humaine (IMPECS) - ULR 4483

Submission date :

2024-02-21T22:01:09Z
2024-03-13T07:38:26Z