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Document ID (ISN)66502
CIS number 96-666
ISSN - Serial title 0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Year 1995
Convention or series no.
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 ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Mines and quarries
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Mining and quarrying
Pneumoconioses