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Simon H D Mamuya

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Mwelange L, Mamuya S, Mwaiselage J, Bratveit M, Moen B
Int J Environ Res Public Health . 2023 Feb; 20(4). PMID: 36833998
Background: Cancer in Africa is an emerging public health problem that needs urgent preventive measures, particularly in workplaces where exposure to carcinogens may occur. In Tanzania, the incidence rate of...
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Mrema E, Ngowi A, Mamuya S
Ann Glob Health . 2015 Dec; 81(4):538-47. PMID: 26709286
Introduction: Occupational health and safety is related with economic activities undertaken in the country. As the economic activities grow and expand, occupational injuries and diseases are more likely to increase...
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Sakwari G, Mamuya S, Bratveit M, Moen B
J Occup Environ Med . 2013 Apr; 55(5):544-51. PMID: 23618889
Objective: To compare chronic respiratory symptoms, fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO), and lung function between Robusta and Arabica coffee workers and a control group. Methods: Chronic respiratory symptoms were assessed...
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Mamuya S, Moen B, Bratveit M
East Afr J Public Health . 2012 Nov; 8(3):190-5. PMID: 23120954
Unlabelled: Quartz has been an inevitable composition of different type of coal mined. The quartz exposures among coalmine workers has been attributed to activities such as cutting the adjacent rock,...
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Sakwari G, Mamuya S, Bratveit M, Larsson L, Pehrson C, Moen B
Ann Occup Hyg . 2012 Oct; 57(2):173-83. PMID: 23028014
Introduction: Endotoxin exposure associated with organic dust exposure has been studied in several industries. Coffee cherries that are dried directly after harvest may differ in dust and endotoxin emissions to...
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Moen B, Sakwari G, Mamuya S, Kayumba A, Larsson L, Pehrson C, et al.
J Occup Environ Med . 2012 Jul; 54(7):847-50. PMID: 22796930
Objective: To study dust exposure and inflammatory reactions in the respiratory tract among coffee curing workers in Tanzania. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a Tanzanian coffee curing factory....
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Sakwari G, Bratveit M, Mamuya S, Moen B
BMC Pulm Med . 2011 Nov; 11:54. PMID: 22114929
Background: Coffee processing causes organic dust exposure which may lead to development of respiratory symptoms. Previous studies have mainly focused on workers involved in roasting coffee in importing countries. This...
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Mamuya S, Bratveit M, Mashalla Y, Moen B
BMC Public Health . 2007 Feb; 7:17. PMID: 17270039
Background: Few studies of miners have been carried out in African countries; most are from South Africa, where the working conditions are assumed to be better than in the rest...
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Mamuya S, Bratveit M, Mashalla Y, Moen B
Int Arch Occup Environ Health . 2007 Jan; 80(7):567-75. PMID: 17242954
Objectives: To describe the relationship between cumulative respirable dust and quartz exposure and lung functioning among workers in a labour-intensive coal mine. Methods: The study population comprised 299 men working...
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Mamuya S, Bratveit M, Mwaiselage J, Moen B
Ann Occup Hyg . 2006 Jun; 50(7):737-45. PMID: 16777910
This study aims at estimating variability in exposure to respirable dust and assessing whether the a priori grouping by job team is appropriate for an exposure-response study on respiratory effects...