Open AccessAluminum dust exposure and risk of neurodegenerative diseases in a cohort of male miners in Ontario, Canada
Author(s) -
Xiaoke Zeng,
Jill MacLeod,
Colin Berriault,
Nathan L DeBono,
Victoria H Arrandale,
Anne Harris,
Paul A. Demers
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3974
Subject(s) - medicine , parkinsonism , cohort , disease , poisson regression , rate ratio , cohort study , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , relative risk , confidence interval , population , environmental health , physics , optics
We estimated associations between respirable aluminum exposure through McIntyre Powder (MP), a fine-sized aluminum and aluminum compound powder, and neurological disease in a retrospective cohort of mining workers from Ontario, Canada. Outcomes included Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's with other dementias, Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, and motor neuron disease.