Exposure estimates for the national coal study: the use of MSHA compliance data for epidemiologic research.

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• Personal Author:
  Attfield, MichaelD ; Moulton LH ; Rice C ; Robins TG ; Seixas NS ; Weeks JL
• Description:
  The usefulness of Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) compliance data for epidemiologic research was examined to determine if the dust exposure data could be used to establish quantitative exposure response relationships for the NIOSH National Study of Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis (NSCWP). The MSHA database consisted of approximately 18 years worth of personal exposure monitoring of United States underground coal mines and contained approximately 4.7 million samples. The strategy for examining the data consisted of choosing an appropriate sample of mines, performing a descriptive analysis of the distribution of data points and mean exposure values within each mine, year, and job category, assessing bias, reducing the number of categories for analysis, specifying the best model for predicting mean exposures, and calculating estimated exposures. A preliminary analysis of samples from two mines in the original NSCWP study showed that the data were highly skewed. The distribution after a logarithmic transformation was more normal, having a skewness coefficient of -0.43. The data seemed to have an overrepresentation of samples having concentrations of 0.1mg/m3. The data showed a downward trend in dust exposures for the period 1971 through 1986; however, the year to year variability was large. The authors conclude that the data collected by the MSHA coal mine dust compliance program should be very useful for establishing relatively precise exposure estimates for the fourth and subsequent rounds of the NSCWP.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Aging Burns Food Handling Food Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal Dust Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Dose Response Dust Exposure Epidemiology NIOSH Author Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Regulations Surveillance Programs
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  127-131
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00198418
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the VIIth International Pneumoconioses Conference, August 23-26, 1988, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 90-108, 1990 Sep; (Part I):127-131
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Part Number:
  I
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the VIIth International Pneumoconioses Conference, August 23-26, 1988, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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