Kleinschmidt I
Epidemiology Research Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Cent Afr J Med. 1997 Nov;43(11):321-4.
To determine demographic predictors of smoking status amongst novice mine workers.
Prospective mine workers undergoing fitness examination at the Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases.
Cross sectional study.
Current smoking status.
Smoking status is significantly linked to age, race group, nationality and previous employment status. Education is also a predictor of smoking status, but the association is weak. Smoking prevalence in subgroups of novice mine workers varies from less than 10% to nearly 75%.
Assumptions of very high smoking rates amongst all mine workers are too simplistic. Smoking cannot be regarded globally as a major confounder of occupational exposure and occupational lung disease for all groups of mine workers.
确定新手矿工吸烟状况的人口统计学预测因素。
在职业病医疗局接受健康检查的未来矿工。
横断面研究。
当前吸烟状况。
吸烟状况与年龄、种族、国籍及以前的就业状况显著相关。教育程度也是吸烟状况的一个预测因素，但这种关联较弱。新手矿工亚组中的吸烟率从不到10%到近75%不等。
认为所有矿工吸烟率都非常高的假设过于简单化。不能将吸烟一概视为所有矿工群体职业暴露和职业性肺病的主要混杂因素。
