Prevalance of Radiologic Pneumoconiosis in Active Ukrainian Coal Miners

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• Personal Author:
  Basanets A ; Besonova N ; Cohen RA ; Kundiev Y ; Latishef E ; Oliynyk I ; Shulzhenko O ; Velho V
• Description:
  Coal mine dust levels in Ukrainian coal mines have been reported to be more than 10 times the level in US coal mines. The prevalence of radiologic pneumoconiosis among coal miners in Ukraine has not been well studied due to lack of resources for full format frontal chest radiographs and certified B-readers equipped with the ILO standard films for the International Classification of Pneumoconiosis This abstract reports the first results of standardized examinations of a random sample drawn from a cohort of 7000 coal miners from Donetsk, Ukraine. Standard frontal CXRs were obtained on 500 randomly selected underground miners with at least 5 years of experience B-readings of CXRs were performed on each film by two NIOSH certified B- readers. 268 CXRs were available for review. No cases of complicated pneumoconiosis were found. Less than 1% of cases had pleural disease. Rates of pneumoconiosis were found to be 1.32 to 2.75 times the levels (2.8%) found in the most recent US miners in the Mine Safety and Health Administration's coal worker's chest x-ray surveillance program. This may be an underestimate of the true prevalence in Ukrainian coal miners due to a significant healthy worker effect. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Mining Occupational Health Radiation Radiography Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-dust Coal-miners Coal-mining Mining-industry Pneumoconiosis Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Underground-miners Underground-mining X-ray-diagnosis
• ISSN:
  1073-449X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  165
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022994
• Citation:
  Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002 Apr; 165(8)(Suppl):A529
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19930701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2002 International Conference, The American Thoracic Society, Atlanta Georgia, May 17-22, 2002
• Supplement:
  Suppl
• End Date:
  20030630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:be3f9065a8a70dac7948e934516eeda0c95c5a674e10a899b5a563bb6904e78e3076432a4055ae96706c9e11f1598163902213dce8e97f315ea530adb9c73a66
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199590/cdc_199590_DS1.pdf
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