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Health status of cement workers in the United Arab Emirates

Ahmed N. M. Abou-Taleb

Dept of Occupational Health, Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates

Abdulrahman O. Musaiger

Dept of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, UAE University, PO Box 17555, Al-Ain, UAE

Roushdy B. Abdelmoneim

Fujairah Hospital Ministry of Health, UAE

The aim of this study was to investigate some of the health problems among cement workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A cross-sectional sample of 304 work ers was selected randomly from four cement factories in four Emirates. Most of the workers (88%) were from India, married (84%) and had received primary education or above (93%). Smoking was prevalent among 27% of the workers and about 24% consumed alcoholic beverages. Personal hygiene was found to be satisfactory among the workers. The main health symptoms reported by the cement workers were chronic cough, chronic bronchitis, burning, itching and runny eyes, headache and fatigue. Chronic bronchitis (p<0.007), burn ing, itching and runny eyes (p<0.002) and fatigue (p<0.004) were significantly increased with age of workers. Smoking was significantly associated with chronic cough (p<0.03) and chronic bronchitis (p<0.01). However, the chance of smokers getting respiratory health problems was two to five times greater compared with non-smokers. Future studies on the health of workers in UAE should include more investigations using specialised equipment to detect and diagnose health problems.

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, Vol. 115, No. 6, 378-381 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/146642409511500610
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