dc.contributor.author | AL-KHAL, Abdul Latif | |
dc.contributor.author | Bener, Abdulbari | |
dc.contributor.author | ENARSON, Donald A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-04T12:16:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-03-04T12:16:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.citation | AL-KHAL A. L. , Bener A., ENARSON D. A. , "Tuberculosis among garment workers in an Arabian developing country: State of Qatar", ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, cilt.60, sa.6, ss.295-298, 2005 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0003-9896 | |
dc.identifier.other | av_7670f594-aba1-45e9-85a1-d5edab298b67 | |
dc.identifier.other | vv_1032021 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12627/81330 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.3200/aeoh.60.6.295-298 | |
dc.description.abstract | Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a leading infectious cause of death worldwide, and it remains a serious public health problem in developing countries. To determine the prevalence of tuberculosis infection among garment workers, the authors conducted a retrospective prevalence survey of employees working in garment factories in Qatar from January 2000 to June 2003. A mass screening of garment factory workers was carried out by chest X-ray and Mantoux skin test at the Rumailah Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation. The authors considered those workers with a purified protein derivative (tuberculin) reaction of >= 15 mm to be infected with TB, or to have a latent TB infection. Workers with active TB diseases were confirmed by histopathological and mycobacteriological examinations. The authors studied a total of 2,774 garment factory workers, and they found 43% of them to be infected (reaction >= 15 mm). The mean age of the infected subjects was significantly higher than that of the noninfected subjects (p <.001); 53% of the infected subjects were between 30 and 40 years of age. Indians and Pakistanis made up the most frequent nationalities among the infected subjects (50.0%), followed by Nepalis (44.1%). The prevalence rate of tuberculosis infection in garment workers was high. Overcrowding in factories and residential facilities increases the risk of TB transmission. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.subject | Tarımsal Bilimler | |
dc.subject | Çevre Mühendisliği | |
dc.subject | Mühendislik ve Teknoloji | |
dc.subject | Sosyal Bilimler (SOC) | |
dc.subject | Sosyoloji | |
dc.subject | Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler | |
dc.subject | Sosyal Bilimler Genel | |
dc.subject | KAMU, ÇEVRE VE İŞ SAĞLIĞI | |
dc.subject | Tarım ve Çevre Bilimleri (AGE) | |
dc.subject | Çevre / Ekoloji | |
dc.subject | ÇEVRE BİLİMLERİ | |
dc.title | Tuberculosis among garment workers in an Arabian developing country: State of Qatar | |
dc.type | Makale | |
dc.relation.journal | ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | |
dc.contributor.department | , , | |
dc.identifier.volume | 60 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 295 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 298 | |
dc.contributor.firstauthorID | 95990 | |