Closing volume in coal miners.

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• Personal Author:
  Block J ; Boehlecke, Brian A. ; Lapp, N. Leroy ; Lippmann, Morton ; Morgan WKC ; Reger RB
• Description:
  Closing volume and closing capacity are determined in 82 working Appalachian coal miners and in a comparable group of control subjects. Abnormalities of closing volume and closing capacity are related to other measurements of pulmonary function. The relationship of smoking history, dust exposure, and presence of pneumoconiosis and bronchitis to elevations of closing volume and closing capacity is determined. Neither bronchitic symptoms nor the radiographic presence of pneumoconiosis is found to be associated with an elevation of closing volume or closing capacity. Results also indicate that miners who are smokers, ex-smokers or nonsmokers have elevated closing capacity compared to controls. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-mining Dust-control Humans Lung-disorders Respiratory-function-tests Respiratory-system-disorders
• ISSN:
  0003-0805
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ALFORD - Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Respiratory Disease
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  155-161
• Volume:
  113
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00002515
• Citation:
  Am Rev Respir Dis 1976 Feb; 113(2):155-161
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Review of Respiratory Disease
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e6a03b74f76129f48559084dee9c0c8b569818757d58aabc757e82983ef9f335bfbb56036b8c98c38ee2097d1868835d2cf610cfbe2f309d027a71798af2ceab
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183738/cdc_183738_DS1.pdf
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