Changing Patterns of Pneumoconiosis Mortality – United States, 1968 – 2000

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• Personal Author:
  Antao VC ; Attfield MD ; Pinheiro GA ; Wood JM
• Description:
  Pneumoconioses are caused by the inhalation and deposition of mineral dusts in the lungs, resulting in pulmonary fibrosis and other parenchymal changes. Many persons with early pneumoconiosis are asymptomatic, but advanced disease often is accompanied by disability and premature death. Known pneumoconioses include coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis, asbestosis, mixed dust pneumoconiosis, graphitosis, and talcosis. No effective treatment for these diseases is available (1). This report describes the temporal patterns of pneumoconiosis mortality during 1968--2000, which indicates an overall decrease in pneumoconiosis mortality. However, asbestosis increased steadily and is now the most frequently recorded pneumoconiosis on death certificates. Increased awareness of this trend is needed among health-care providers, employers, workers, and public health agencies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Dust Epidemiology Inorganic Chemicals Lung Diseases Mortality Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Asbestos-workers Asbestosis Lung-disease Mineral-dusts Mortality-data Mortality-rates Pneumoconiosis Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Statistical-analysis
• ISSN:
  0098-7484
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; 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:
  292
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026182
• Citation:
  JAMA 2004 Aug; 292(7):795-796
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Association
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7d2bdc9ad171448e526fcaedc75984e87b1d2015a096a9458d41cb97f59279396cc425fe2e7ef1a3c1af1458fab43dace5193aaa4fdf11cde97cf3a443bbfaea
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197232/cdc_197232_DS1.pdf
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