Association between occupational exposure of male workers and common diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring of a coal mine group in Shanxi Province

LU Jiamin; LI Qishan; LI Genyuan; CHEN Yingjun; FU Xi; CHEN Qingsong; YANG Wenhan

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LU Jiamin, LI Qishan, LI Genyuan, CHEN Yingjun, FU Xi, CHEN Qingsong, YANG Wenhan. Association between occupational exposure of male workers and common diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring of a coal mine group in Shanxi Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2025, 29(6): 654-661. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2025.06.005

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LU Jiamin, LI Qishan, LI Genyuan, CHEN Yingjun, FU Xi, CHEN Qingsong, YANG Wenhan. Association between occupational exposure of male workers and common diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring of a coal mine group in Shanxi Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2025, 29(6): 654-661. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2025.06.005

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LU Jiamin, LI Qishan, LI Genyuan, CHEN Yingjun, FU Xi, CHEN Qingsong, YANG Wenhan. Association between occupational exposure of male workers and common diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring of a coal mine group in Shanxi Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2025, 29(6): 654-661. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2025.06.005

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Association between occupational exposure of male workers and common diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring of a coal mine group in Shanxi Province

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2025.06.005

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Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Department of Labour Hygiene and Environmental Hygiene, School of Public Health, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Guangdong Engineering Center for Testing and Evaluation of Public Health, Guangzhou 510310, China

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Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenesis and Prevention Project of the Ministry of Education MEKLCEPP / SXMU-202306

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Corresponding author: YANG Wenhan, E-mail: wenhan-yang@gdpu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2024-12-18
Rev Recd Date: 2025-05-18

Available Online: 2025-07-07

Publish Date: 2025-06-10

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Objective To explore the relationship between occupational exposure among male coal miners and common diseases and developmental behavioral disorders in their offspring, and to provide a reference for the early prevention of diseases in the offspring of coal miners. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2023 among on-the-job male coal miners in a coal mine of the Xishan Coal Electricity Company. Questionnaires were used to collect information on demographics, lifestyle, and occupational history, and the growth and development and the prevalence of common diseases incidence of the offspring. Logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between occupational exposure among coal miners and common diseases and developmental behavioral disorders in their offspring. Results A total of 7 085 male coal miners were included in the study, with 9 963 offspring reported. After adjusting for confounding factors, noise (OR=1.559, 95% CI: 1.216-1.998), dust (OR=1.425, 95% CI: 1.105-1.838), toxic and hazardous gases (OR=1.381, 95% CI: 1.096-1.740), power-frequency electric field (OR=1.496, 95% CI: 1.050-2.131), and high humidity environment (OR=1.441, 95% CI: 1.095-1.896) were associated with the risk of common diseases in offspring. No association was found between exposure factors and developmental behavioral diseases in offspring. Conclusions Noise, dust, toxic and hazardous gases, power frequency electric field, and high humidity environment are risk factors for common diseases in offspring.
- Occupational exposure,
- Offspring,
- Common diseases,
- Developmental behavioral disorders

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