Diffusing capacity in bituminous coal miners.

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• Personal Author:
  Kibelstis JA
• Description:
  Pulmonary diffusing capacity (DL) was measured in 133 underground bituminous coal miners at rest and during moderate exercise by the steady state end tidal sampling method. The average DL among cigarette smoking miners was lower than among nonsmoking miners of comparable age and years of underground mining. In contrast to the smoking miners, a large majority of nonsmoking miners had normal DL. This difference in DL could not be explained by the presence of bronchitis, airway obstruction, or radiographic evidence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), although bronchitis and CWP were more frequent among the smoking miners. It is doubtful that the measurement of DL would be a useful screening test for occupational disease among cigarette smoking coal miners, since it is significantly affected by smoking. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Epidemiology Ergonomics Mining Occupational Health Radiography Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Smokers

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• Keywords:
  Airway-resistance Coal-mining Diffusion NIOSH-Author Respiratory-function-tests Respiratory-system-disorders Screening Smoking X-ray-analysis
• ISSN:
  0012-3692
• 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
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00020491
• Citation:
  Chest 1973 Apr; 63(4):501-504
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Chest
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6ac504b7551154a45e43371a1ffb0d26e07bbc68bba3911986fbc76bd8a4fc73d26ee0f3a154687bf4f070d0138d6cff9b40165b34c8964ee5562e8a10ee6eb2
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183836/cdc_183836_DS1.pdf
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