The mortality of Appalachian coal miners, 1963 to 1971.

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• Personal Author:
  Costello J ; Morgan WK ; Ortmeyer CE ; Peterson M ; Swecker S
• Description:
  The mortality rate of Appalachian coal miners and ex-miners previously studied for the prevalence of coal's workers pneumoconiosis was investigated according to the effects of pneumoconiosis, years spent underground, cigarette smoking and obstructive lung disease. For active miners, mortality was 7 percent less than the expected death rate of the general male population of the United States, while the mortality of ex-miners was 24 percent greater than expected. Complicated pneumoconiosis, cigarette smoking, and airway obstruction were associated with premature death or excess mortality. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Epidemiology Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Chronic-obstructive-lung-disease Longevity NIOSH-Author Respiratory-disorders Survival
• 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:
  67-72
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00025764
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Health 1974 Aug; 29(2):67-72
• 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-512:178cfc002a4cf7bcfdc23d6f5196f6e43f2e068721ec3910d550a924dc6107c54540a3e9934bb5478555f323dc0b3d0b91a3dae7560b722ca3fce34345f993ae
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183909/cdc_183909_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 2.25 MB ]