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

ABSTRACT:

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

SUBMITTER: Wardyn PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10829379 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature