Occupational Exposure to Diesel Particulate Matter in Western Australian Mining: A Retrospective Analysis and Challenges to Future Compliance.

Matthew Oosthuizen, Kerry Staples, Adelle Liebenberg, Kiam Padamsey, Marcus Cattani, Andy McCarthy, Jacques Oosthuizen

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Matthew OosthuizenSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.

Kerry StaplesDepartment of Health (Western Australia), Epidemiology Directorate, Perth, WA 6004, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2523-7496

Adelle LiebenbergSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0467-9412

Kiam PadamseySchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5151-5600

Marcus CattaniSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7586-7288

Andy McCarthySchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.

Jacques OosthuizenSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1589-5957

Funding

Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety (MARS) Centre, Edith Cowan University (ECU) G1007466

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

De-identified diesel particulate matter (DPM) exposure data (

Indexed as

Air Pollutants, OccupationalMiningOccupational ExposureParticulate MatterVehicle EmissionsEnvironmental MonitoringHumansRetrospective StudiesWestern AustraliaAir Pollutants, OccupationalParticulate MatterVehicle Emissionsmining industryoccupational hygienerespirable elemental carbonunderground miningworkplace exposure limitworkplace exposure standard

Identifiers

PMID41007554

DOI10.3390/ijerph22091412

PMCPMC12469427

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