Investigating the relationship between the concentration of silica, zinc and lead with occupational diseases in mine workers

Background:the mining industry are among the industries that supply their raw materials forother industries. Mining is known as a local or regional employment. Exposure to mineralssubstances, organic substances, irritants substances or allergens in the workplace can be slowand gradual lead to chronic diseases in mine workers. aim of this study is relationshipbetween the concentration of silica, zinc and lead with occupational diseases in mineworkers.Methods: This article is a review article by searching the keywords silica, zinc, lead andmine workers in websites google scholar, SID, pubmed and web of science. The extracteddata were analyzed by SPSS version ۲۲ software.Results: Silica dust can lead to a reduction in pulmonary parameters, followed by respiratoryproblems. Coal dust cause pneumoconiosis or anthracotic disease in coal miners. Stomachulcers, inflammation of the pancreas, lethargy, anemia, fever, nausea, vomiting, respiratorydisorders and lung fibrosis are reported complication in toxicity with zinc. Lead poisoning isa potential factor in brain damage and mental, behavioral problems, anemia, kidney failure,nerve muscle weakness and coma.Conclusion: It is necessary to evaluate the health of workers in different sectors of industryand control programs development for the various diseases of the lack of physical, mentaland social and measures taken be to restore the lost health. However, proper use of safetydevices and showering daily by workers can absorb toxic elements and to reduce them to thebody.

کلیدواژه ها:

silica ، zinc ، lead ، occupational diseases ، mine