عنوان المقالة: Respiratory Health Risks of Limestone Factories’ Dust: Gaza City as a Case Study
علاء محمود عبد القادر مسلم | Alaa M A Musalam | 5854
- نوع النشر
- مقال علمي
- المؤلفون بالعربي
- المؤلفون بالإنجليزي
- Fahed S. Hamdan, Nizam M. El-Ashgar and Alaa M A Musalam
- الملخص الانجليزي
- Limestone-cutting is one of the most important industries in the Gaza Strip that uses natural stone, but it is also the most likely to cause dust emissions. This study aims to identify the respiratory health risks that affect the limestone-cutting workers and to identify factors related to the abnormal breathing among workers in marble workshops in the Gaza Strip, southern Palestine. Personal variables and their relationship to abnormal breathing were identified. A cross-sectional study was conducted on (30) persons working in marble workshops in the Gaza Strip. The study data were collected using questionnaires and interviewing tools with the workers, as well as conducting some clinical tests to measure breathing. The results of the study showed that workers' complaints of coughing, chest pain, and wheezing were 50%, 30%, and 26.7%, respectively. Chi-square analysis measurement showed that the workers' personal variables such as working in or out of the workshop, age of workers, and the length of time the workers spend at work were the most important factors associated with the measurement of abnormal breathing among workers. The study concluded that the prevalence percentage of abnormal breathing symptoms among workers who worked more than 10 years was 50%, while for those who worked less than 10 years was 26.1%. Also, there was no significant difference between smokers and non-smokers with regard to abnormal respiratory status, and the results were 64.7% and 69.2% for smokers and non-smokers, respectively. The study recommended taking the necessary precautions to maintain the safety of workers in places of rock cutting and improving the quality of ventilation by increasing the rates of air change.
- تاريخ النشر
- 01/10/2021
- الناشر
- Israa University Journal for Applied Science (IUJAS)
- رقم المجلد
- 5
- رقم العدد
- 1
- ISSN/ISBN
- 2523-0522
- رابط DOI
- https://www.doi.org/10.52865/QETB1766
- الصفحات
- 86-74
- رابط الملف
- تحميل (0 مرات التحميل)
- رابط خارجي
- https://iujas.israa.edu.ps/Pagemain/PaperVoulm.aspx?name=5%20&name1=1
- الكلمات المفتاحية
- Spirometry, Abnormal breathing measurements, Quarries, Limestone-cutting, Air change rates.