About the Authors

Bing Han

Affiliations Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110122, China, Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110122, China

Hongbo Liu

Affiliations Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110122, China, Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110122, China

Guojiang Zhai

Affiliation Fuxin Mining Area Social Security Administration Center, Fuxin, Liaoning, 123000, China

Qun Wang

Affiliation Fuxin Mining Area Social Security Administration Center, Fuxin, Liaoning, 123000, China

Jie Liang

Affiliation Institute for Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment of the Fuxin Mining Industry Group, Fuxin, Liaoning, 123000, China

Mengcang Zhang

Affiliation Institute for Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment of the Fuxin Mining Industry Group, Fuxin, Liaoning, 123000, China

Kai Cui

Affiliation Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110122, China

Fuhai Shen

Affiliation Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110122, China

Hongbo Yi

Affiliation Fuxin Mining Area Social Security Administration Center, Fuxin, Liaoning, 123000, China

Yuting Li

Affiliation Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110122, China

Yuhan Zhai

Affiliation Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110122, China

Yang Sheng

Affiliation Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110122, China

Jie Chen

chenjie@mail.cmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110122, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HL JC. Performed the experiments: BH HL GZ QW HY JL MZ YL YZ YS. Analyzed the data: BH HL KC FS JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL JC. Wrote the paper: BH HL JC.