Document ID (ISN) | 66502 |
CIS number |
96-666 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
Year |
1995 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Kuempel E.D., Stayner L.T., Attfield M.D., Buncher C.R. |
Title |
Exposure-response analysis of mortality among coal miners in the United States |
Bibliographic information |
Aug. 1995, Vol.28, No.2, p.167-184. Illus. 30 ref. |
Abstract |
In a study of 8,878 coal miners in the USA, significant exposure-response relationships were observed for cumulative exposure to respirable coal mine dust and mortality either from pneumoconiosis or from chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Miners exposed at or below the current U.S. coal dust standard of 2mg/m3 over a working lifetime, have an elevated risk of dying from these diseases. No exposure-related increases in lung cancer or stomach cancer were observed. Pneumoconiosis mortality varied significantly according to the rank of coal dust to which the miners were exposed. |
Descriptors (primary) |
coal dust; USA; chronic bronchitis; coalworkers pneumoconiosis; emphysema; coal mining; mortality |
Descriptors (secondary) |
smoking; lung cancer; statistical evaluation; exposure evaluation; long-term study; gastrointestinal cancer |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
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Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar) Mining and quarrying Pneumoconioses
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