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Document ID (ISN)73150
CIS number 99-1184
ISSN - Serial title 1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Year 1997
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Love R.G., Miller B.G., Groat S.K., Hagen S., Cowie H.A., Johnston P.P., Hutchison P.A., Soutar C.A.
Title Respiratory health effects of opencast coalmining: A cross sectional study of current workers
Bibliographic information June 1997, Vol.54, No.6, p.416-423. Illus. 27 ref.
Abstract A study of current workers at nine opencast coal mines in the United Kingdom showed that the frequency of (mostly mild) chest radiographic abnormalities was associated with working in the dustier, preproduction jobs in the industry. Although some of these mild abnormalities may have been due to non-occupational factors (aging or smoking), the association with exposure indicates a small risk of pneumoconiosis in these men, and the need to monitor and control exposures, particularly in the high risk occupations. Topics: quartz; chest radiography; coal mining; cross-sectional study; mixed dust; opencast work; pneumoconiosis; respirable dust; respiratory diseases.
Descriptors (primary) respiratory diseases; coal mining; opencast work; respirable dust
Descriptors (secondary) quartz; pneumoconiosis; chest radiography; cross-sectional study; mixed dust
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Mines and quarries
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Mining and quarrying
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)