Comparison of tuberculosis infection parameters and tuberculin test results in underground coal workers and normal subjects in Zonguldak coal mining area

Y. Dutgun, L. Kart, S. Kiran, M. Tor, R. Altin, T. Ornek, M. Kececi (Zonguldak, Turkey)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Screening and diagnosis of tuberculosis
Session: Screening and diagnosis of tuberculosis
Session type: E-Posters in free access
Number: 253
Disease area: Respiratory infections

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
Y. Dutgun, L. Kart, S. Kiran, M. Tor, R. Altin, T. Ornek, M. Kececi (Zonguldak, Turkey). Comparison of tuberculosis infection parameters and tuberculin test results in underground coal workers and normal subjects in Zonguldak coal mining area. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 253

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Correlation of lung functions with radiologic findings in coal miners: a report from a major coal mining area in Turkey
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 128s
Year: 2002

Latent TB infection in German former underground hard coal miners
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Tuberculosis contact screening
Year: 2009


Occupational exposure to indoor air pollution among bakery workers in Ethiopia; a comparison of electric and biomass cookstoves
Source: International Congress 2017 – The air indoor air pollution
Year: 2017



Respiratory function in subjects living in mountain villages in Nepal exposed to indoor but not traffic or industrial pollution
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Lung function in respiratory disease
Year: 2008

Characteristics of emphysema among coal miners
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 123s
Year: 2003

COPD prevalence in industrial establishment workers of Sverdlovsk region
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 114s
Year: 2003

Dust exposure and respiratory status of workers in the wood processing industry in Benin City, Nigeria
Source: International Congress 2019 – Environment, work and respiratory health in occupational and environmental lung diseases
Year: 2019

Respiratory symptoms and lung function parameters in workers exposed to wood smoke and cooking oil fumes in Nigeria
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - COPD beyond tobacco
Year: 2012

Pneumoconiosis risk assessment in workers exposed to airborne quart in foundries
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 128s
Year: 2002

Exposure to combustion of solid fuel and tuberculosis: a matched case–control study
Source: Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 132-138
Year: 2011



Trends in wood dust exposure and respiratory symptoms in the Danish wood working industry
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 242s
Year: 2006

Cross-shift lung function in relation to cotton dust and endotoxin exposure in non-smoking female textile workers: A cross-sectional study
Source: International Congress 2016 – Occupational epidemiology
Year: 2016


Silicosis prevalence and the effect of working condition on silicosis in quartz and feldspar mill and ore concentration enterprises in Aydin-Cine region of Turkey
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 695s
Year: 2006

Biomass fuel exposure and pulmonary tuberculosis in Turkey
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis II
Year: 2008


Differences in lung function between petroleum refinery workers and employees engaged in platinum catalysts manufacturing
Source: International Congress 2017 – Smoking, apnoea, infection, allergens and other factors
Year: 2017

Indoor PM2.5 levels in homes using different types of cooking fuels in a rural Indian population and it‘s association with COPD
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Air pollution
Year: 2011


Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding cotton dust exposure among textile workers in Karachi, Pakistan
Source: International Congress 2017 – Shared exposures related to interstitial disease and airflow obstruction
Year: 2017


Short-term effect of air pollution and airborne pollen on hospital emergencies for asthma and COPD in an industrial Mediterranean city
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 460s
Year: 2006

Wood stoves and coal burning smoke exposure is associated with COPD development especially in women
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Air pollution
Year: 2011

Air pollution sources and respiratory symptoms in an industrial Brazilian city
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Paediatric respiratory epidemiology II: air pollution studies and infectious disease epidemiology
Year: 2008