{"id":125,"date":"2024-11-18T16:26:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T16:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/global-respiratory-health\/?p=125"},"modified":"2024-11-18T16:28:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T16:28:52","slug":"workplace-exposures-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-filling-in-the-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/global-respiratory-health\/2024\/11\/18\/workplace-exposures-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-filling-in-the-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Workplace exposures in low- and middle-income countries: filling in the gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Workplace exposures <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Adequate control of harmful work exposures should be a universal priority. However, its execution varies widely across the world. These exposures can significantly impact workers\u2019 health leading to disease and mortality. Our recent review on occupational exposures in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) explores the levels reported across different industries in different countries.<\/p>\n

We searched available literature and identified the publications that reported measured exposure levels to occupational agents across multiple industries in LMICs.<\/p>\n

What did we find?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Brief summary<\/h4>\n

We found a total of 58 publications reporting quantitative exposure levels between 1998 to 2022. The countries with greatest number of publications were China, followed by Iran and Tanzania. The most common industries were manufacturing, mining, and agriculture with factory workers and miners being the most common job titles.<\/p>\n

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Occupational exposures and their levels in this review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Why does this matter?<\/strong><\/h2>\n