Electron microscopic findings in the lungs of miners.

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• Personal Author:
  Harrison G ; Lapp, N. Leroy
• Description:
  Electron microscope examination of the lungs of three underground coal miners and a boiler repairman at a power plant that burned bituminous coal shows large amounts of collagen, elastic fibers, and various types of particles including hard, dense needle like material, smooth angular pieces, large rectangular chunks with chatter marks, and granular aggregates. Pneumoconiosis is cited as the diagnosis in two of the coal miners, while the third died of undifferentiated bronchogenic carcinoma with widespread metastases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Lung Lung Diseases Mining Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-mining Histopathology Lung-cancer Lung-fibrosis NIOSH-Author Respiratory-system-disorders
• ISSN:
  0077-8923
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; 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:
  73-79
• Volume:
  200
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00025162
• Citation:
  Ann NY Acad Sci 1972 Dec; 200(1):73-79
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 200, Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6821e5c218adc07869149802c6b7930c7df157a96190d439650554a35a4ab56f6d7a7470176cd2ca5a52f3683c5917e8807621c848d796ded07b2721a137e7f1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183900/cdc_183900_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.47 MB ]