Document ID (ISN) | 73150 |
CIS number |
99-1184 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Year |
1997 |
Convention or series no. |
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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 Province | United Kingdom |
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) |
Mining and quarrying Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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