Document ID (ISN) | 110175 |
CIS number |
09-1037 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0019-8366 - Industrial Health |
Year |
2009 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Liu H., Tang Z., Weng D., Yang Y., Tian L., Duan Z., Chen J. |
Title |
Prevalence characteristics and prediction of coal workers' pneumoconiosis in the Tiefa colliery in China |
Bibliographic information |
July 2009, Vol.47, No.4, p.369-375. Illus. 29 ref. |
Abstract |
To explore the current prevalence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) in China and future trends, this study investigated 16,154 coal miners exposed to dust for at least one year in a colliery in China. Four sub-cohorts (before 1958, from 1958, from 1968 and from 1978) were created according to years of first exposure. The cumulative incidence rates of CWP in the four cohorts were 26.65%, 18.94%, 1.15%, and 0.06%, respectively. It is predicted that future CWP patients would mainly occur among coal miners with first dust exposure in 1958-1967 and those working at tunneling. Other findings are discussed. |
Descriptors (primary) |
China; epidemiology; coalworkers pneumoconiosis; coal mining; underground mining |
Descriptors (secondary) |
coal dust; exposure evaluation; cohort study; frequency rates; statistical evaluation; prediction; long-term study |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | China |
Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology Industries and occupations
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Browse category(ies) |
Pneumoconioses Mining and quarrying Epidemiology
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