Occupational Diseases And Injuries Among Artisanal Small Scale Gold Mining Workers In Oddo Shakiso Woreda Guji Zone Of Oromia Regional State Southern Ethiopia

Abstract rnBack ground: Mining is an important economic activity; Artisanal and Small scale Gold Miningrnis widely practiced. This mining activity is known for different occupational exposures but thernoccupational health status of workers is not adequately understood. The aim of this study was tornestimate the magnitude of occupational diseases and injuries of workers in Artisanal and SmallrnScale Gold Mining in Oddo Shakiso woreda, Oromia, Ethiopia. rnMethods: cross sectional study design was employed from April to June 2020. Using simplernrandom sampling technique 403 participants was interviewed. Protein was analyzed using urinerndipstick test to explore mercury toxicity and observation checklists were utilized. Linearrnregression for mercury intoxication and logistic regression for respiratory diseases and injuryrnwere applied. Predictor variables with p value

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