TY - JOUR
T1 - Tobacco smoking among chrysotile asbestos workers in Asbest in the Russian Federation
AU - Olsson, Ann
AU - Kovalevskiy, Evgeny V
AU - Talibov, Madar
AU - Moissonnier, Monika
AU - Byrnes, Graham
AU - Bouaoun, Liacine
AU - Schonfeld, Sara J
AU - Feletto, Eleonora
AU - Kashanskiy, Sergey V
AU - Ostroumova, Evgenia
AU - Kromhout, Hans
AU - Bukhtiyarov, Igor V
AU - Schüz, Joachim
PY - 2020/5/12
Y1 - 2020/5/12
N2 - Objectives A historical cohort study of cancer mortality is being conducted among workers in a chrysotile mine and its enrichment factories in the town of Asbest, Russian Federation. Because individual-level information on tobacco use is not available for Asbest Chrysotile Cohort members, a cross-sectional survey of smoking behaviours was conducted among active and retired workers.
Methods Self-administered questionnaires were completed by active workers during meetings organised by occupational safety personnel. Retired workers completed questionnaires during meetings of the Veterans Council or were interviewed via telephone or in person. Of the respondents, 46% could be linked to the Asbest Chrysotile Cohort. Among those, logistic regression models were used to assess associations between smoking and cumulative dust exposure.
Results Among men, smoking prevalence was high and relatively consistent across birth decades (average, 66%), and was similar in workers across all levels of cumulative dust exposure (p trend, 0.44). Among women, the prevalence increased from
AB - Objectives A historical cohort study of cancer mortality is being conducted among workers in a chrysotile mine and its enrichment factories in the town of Asbest, Russian Federation. Because individual-level information on tobacco use is not available for Asbest Chrysotile Cohort members, a cross-sectional survey of smoking behaviours was conducted among active and retired workers.
Methods Self-administered questionnaires were completed by active workers during meetings organised by occupational safety personnel. Retired workers completed questionnaires during meetings of the Veterans Council or were interviewed via telephone or in person. Of the respondents, 46% could be linked to the Asbest Chrysotile Cohort. Among those, logistic regression models were used to assess associations between smoking and cumulative dust exposure.
Results Among men, smoking prevalence was high and relatively consistent across birth decades (average, 66%), and was similar in workers across all levels of cumulative dust exposure (p trend, 0.44). Among women, the prevalence increased from
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e7a4f537-2b87-3e2e-b192-8a76d7b157f3/
U2 - 10.1136/oemed-2019-106263
DO - 10.1136/oemed-2019-106263
M3 - Article
SN - 1351-0711
VL - 77
SP - 623
EP - 627
JO - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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