Responses to a Self-Administered Questionnaire and Their Relationship to Lung Function and Radiographic Pneumoconiosis Among Us Coal Miners

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• Personal Author:
  Beeckman-Wagner L ; Petsonk E ; Wang M ; Wolfe A
• Description:
  Rationale: Respiratory symptom questionnaires (RSQ) are often used in assessing the health of individuals exposed to respiratory hazards. Methods: To investigate the validity of items fiom a self-administered standardized RSQ, we studied RSQ responses and results of spirometry and chest x-ray films (CXR) among 3376 underground coal miners who had participated in the NIOSH Enhanced Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program fiom September 2005 to November 2007. Spirometry was conducted and interpreted in accordance with American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society guidelines. CXR were classified for coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) using the International Labour Office system. For each symptom item, individuals who responded 'Yes' were compared to those who said 'No', assessing differences in mean spirometry values, the proportion of abnormal spirometry and CWP, using t-test and Chi-square statistics, respectively. Prevalence ratio regression analysis was performed to investigate associations, controlling for age, smoking, and body mass index. Results: Cough, phlegm, wheeze, shortness of breath (SoB), attacks of SoB with wheezing (SoBWZ), chest tightness (ChT), and doctor-confirmed emphysema (Em) were higWy associated (p
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Hazardous Substances Irritants Lung Lung Diseases Mining Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Biological-monitoring Biological-systems Coal-miners Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Health-hazards Health-surveys Inhalation-studies Lung-disease Lung-disorders Mathematical-models Miners Mortality-data Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational-health-programs Occupational-respiratory-disease Pneumoconiosis Pulmonary-disorders Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-function-tests Pulmonary-system-disorders Questionnaires Respiratory-hypersensitivity Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-analysis Safety-practices Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Work-analysis Work-environment Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0002-9262
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  169
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035486
• Citation:
  Am J Epidemiol 2009 Jun; 169(S11):S25
• Contact Point Address:
  Mei Lin Wang, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Epidemiology. Abstracts of the 42nd Annual Meeting society for Epidemiologic Research Anaheim, California, June 23-26, 2009
• Supplement:
  S11
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:757f7ca831e737e04a78bc47be4efa7cc37bc0236090904a14dce981ec4a91de98dc35c9396af35d3bbcb33d0178a7bda854d06b5a97a1d607b2c02e06daf6a4
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