| Document ID (ISN) | 19388 |
| CIS number |
73-361 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1972 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Bergman I., Casswell C. |
| Title |
Lung dust and lung iron contents of coal workers in different coalfields in Great Britain |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr. 1972, Vol.29, No.2, p.160-168. 18 ref. |
| Abstract |
Lung-dust analyses from 7 British coalfields were compared, and it was found that average dust composition varies significantly with coal rank. The higher the rank, the higher the coal percentage and the lower the quartz percentage of the lung dust. Samples of airborne dust collected at the coalface in different coalfields show a similar but smaller variability of composition with rank of coal. The amount of iron in simple-pneumoconiosis lungs is related to their mineral and coal contents, and to the factor "years underground". |
| Descriptors (primary) |
iron and compounds; pneumoconiosis; coal mining; pathological anatomy; respirable dust |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
airborne dust; coal dust; silicon; dust analysis; underground work; length of service; simple pneumoconiosis |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Pneumoconioses
Mining and quarrying
Iron and compounds
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