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Health assessment of electronic waste workers in chile: Participant characterization
Fecha
2019Registro en:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volumen 16, Issue 3, 2019,
16604601
16617827
10.3390/ijerph16030386
Autor
Yohannessen, Karla
Pinto-Galleguillos, Daniela
Parra-Giordano, Denisse
Agost, Amaranta
Valdés, Macarena
Smith, Lauren M.
Galen, Katherine
Arain, Aubrey
Rojas, Felipe
Neitzel, Richard L.
Ruiz Rudolph, Pablo
Institución
Resumen
Little research has been done to evaluate the occupational health of electronic waste (e-waste) recycling workers in Latin America. The objective of this study was to complete comprehensive health evaluations on e-waste recycling workers in Chile and to compare those that work in informal (i.e., independent) to those that work in formal (i.e., established company) settings. A cross-sectional study in the summer of 2017 recruited 78 informal recycling workers from two cities and 15 formal e-waste recycling workers from a single recycling facility to assess exposures and health outcomes. Participants completed a health questionnaire and underwent a full health assessment. Herein, only health questionnaire data are reported. Participants were primarily male, middle-aged, married with children, and had worked in e-waste recycling for an average of 12 years. Participants generally reported good health status, and their prevalence of c