Ventilatory capacity and lung volumes of US coal miners.

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• Personal Author:
  Handelsman L ; Kibelstis J ; Lapp, N. Leroy ; Morgan WKC ; Reger, Robert
• Description:
  An epidemiologic survey of 9076 coal miners during 1969 to 1971 shows that in miners with simple coal workers' pneumoconiosis, no relationship exists between ventilatory capacity and radiographic category, although complicated pneumoconiosis leads to definite ventilatory impairment, and residual volume shows a slight increase with increasing radiographic category of simple pneumoconiosis. Significant geographic variations in ventilatory capacity and lung volumes appear to be related partly to the type of coal dust to which miners are exposed, partly to the ethnic origin of the miners, and partly to nonoccupational factors. While the occupation of coal mining may lead to minor reductions of ventilatory capacity in certain circumstances, such reductions are minimal in the absence of complicated pneumoconiosis and would not be associated with respiratory disability. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Diagnosis Dust Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Health Radiography Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Chest-X-rays Coal-dust Coal-miners Diagnostic-techniques Disease-incidence Dust-exposure Dust-inhalation Inhalation Lung-disorders Lung-function NIOSH-Author Physiological-response Physiological-testing Respirable-dusts Respiratory-function-tests Respiratory-system-disorders Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0003-9896
• 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:
  182-189
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00025180
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Health 1974 Apr; 28(4):182-189
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Morgan, Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Respiratory Diseases, National Institute ,for Occupational Safety and Health, PO Box 4292, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Environmental Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:326b4295c64edd8d8c275b202d2b315993950e14712c2c0806dae86e3232c878ccbad2fd4cab1a32d040f62262716e55a7255f39acc5c5897047c9d68db01d78
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183901/cdc_183901_DS1.pdf
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