The prevalence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis in US coal miners.

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• Personal Author:
  Brien RJO ; Burgess DB ; Jacobson G ; Morgan WKC ; Pendergrass EP ; Reger RB ; Shoub EP
• Description:
  The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health of the U. S. Public Health Service has completed the first part of a large field study to determine the prevalence of coal worker's pneumoconiosis in working U. S. coal miners. Between October 1969 and July 1971, a total of 9,076 miners from 29 bituminous and 2 anthracite mines are examined, with an overall prevalence of nearly 30% being found. However, progressive massive fibrosis occurred in only 2.5% of the sample. When the data are analyzed according to the geographic regions of the mines, marked differences in prevalence are apparent; while 45% of the Eastern Pennsylvania anthracite miners have simple pneumoconiosis and 14% have progressive massive fibrosis, the comparable figures for bituminous miners in Colorado are 4.6% and 0%. No obvious cause is apparent for these disparities in prevalence. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Classification Geographic Locations Lung Disease Respiratory Disease Roentgenography Statistical Analysis Survey X-ray
• ISSN:
  0003-9896
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania ; 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:
  221-226
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00023898
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Health 1973 Oct; 27(4):221-226
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Environmental Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:318284d4b870138ded2708c6984a5a03a2b0f62554803f32ff1abcdb6d8db2c74d1193a2003d52480ae86fb6461c32293998e884805d19164e8376d0035c2f44
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183875/cdc_183875_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.91 MB ]