| Document ID (ISN) | 76385 |
| CIS number |
01-514 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
CE-V/4-97-004-EN-C
|
| Author(s) |
Carta P.
5th ECSC Medical research programme |
| Title |
Respiratory symptoms and lung function among Sardinian coal miners |
| Bibliographic information |
European Commission, Directorate General V, Employment, Industrial Relations and Social Affairs Directorate V/F, Public Health and Safety at Work Unit V/F/5 Occupational Health and Hygiene, EUROFORUM Building, 2920 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, 1997. 35p. Illus. 27 ref. |
| Abstract |
A cohort of 909 young miners employed in a Sardinian coal mine between 1977 and 1999 was analysed in a cross-sectional and a longitudinal study. Individual exposure to respirable mixed coal dust was assessed and chest X-ray and lung function measurements were performed. The study confirms a significant relationship between exposure to respirable mixed coal dust, an annual decline of functional parameters and the onset of respiratory symptoms. Age and smoking were associated with a decline in lung function. The effect of smoking seems to lead to functional manifestations of obstructive type whereas the effect of dust appears better correlated to a restrictive or mixed type of damage. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
coal dust; Sardinia; coal mining; respirable dust; pulmonary function; respiratory diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
European Communities; smoking; exposure evaluation; chest radiography; respiratory function tests; age-linked differences; dose-response relationship; cohort study |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | European Union; Italy |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Mining and quarrying
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