| Document ID (ISN) | 43186 |
| CIS number |
85-45 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0003-9896 - Archives of Environmental Health |
| Year |
1983 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Ames R.G., Amandus H., Attfield M., Green F.Y., Vallyathan V. |
| Title |
Does coal mine dust present a risk for lung cancer? A case-control study of U.S. coal miners |
| Bibliographic information |
Nov.-Dec. 1983, Vol.38, No.6, p.331-333. 13 ref. |
| Abstract |
2 case-control studies based on 317 white male lung cancer mortality cases are presented. A one-to-one matched-case design was used to examine the risk of coal mine dust exposure and cigarette smoking. A two-to-one matched-case design was used to examine the lung cancer risk of coal mine dust exposure independent of cigarette smoking. Cigarette smoking predicts lung cancer mortality in white male coal miners in the USA, and there is no evidence that coal mine dust exposure by itself or in interaction with cigarette smoking leads to increased lung cancer mortality. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
smoking; coal mining; respirable dust; lung cancer |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; comparative study; prediction; mortality |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying
Smoking
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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