Journal of Research in Biology
JRB
Biology
http://jresearchbiology.com/
0
2231–6280
2231- 6299
en
2017
11
13
7
7
online
1
fulltext
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Examining the effect of physical, chemical and biological harmful factors on miners
Biology
Review
Mining is considered as a difficult and harmful job as it is done in a very difficult physical and environmental condition. In addition to that, miners are exposed to the dangers, damages and even death because of the bad condition of mines. The dangers of mines are different in accordance with the kind of mine which may be underground or surfaces. The dangers may be a bit different in different cities and mines. Main harmful factors in mining are the physical damages, hyperthermia, hearing loss, lung diseases, musculoskeletal diseases and facing with dangerous gases and beams. The purpose of this essay is to examine the effect of physical, chemical and biological harmful factor on miners. This survey has adopted descriptive method and data are collected by library method. The results showed that the exposure of chemical factors such as dust, methane and silica, and physical factors such as noise, radiation, and biological factors may have great danger for miners
Harmful factors, Miners, Physical-chemical dangers
2369
2376
http://jresearchbiology.com/documents/RA0657.pdf
Jafar
Jalilian
jafarjalilian95@gmail.com
Yes
MSc of Toxicology, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, Iran