Exposure-response analysis of mortality among coal miners in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Attfield MD ; Buncher CR ; Kuempel, Eileen D. ; Stayner, Leslie T.
• Description:
  A study was conducted to examine the association between exposure to respirable coal mine dust and mortality, especially from nonmalignant respiratory diseases, among United States (US) coal miners, as well as to investigate the effects of exposure intensity and duration and the effect of coal rank to mortality risk. The cohort involved 8,878 male coal miners from 31 mines across the US. Mortality associated with exposure for underlying or contributing causes of death and modified life table methods for underlying causes was assessed using Cox proportional hazards modeling. Significant exposure response relationships were found for cumulative exposure to respirable coal mine dust and mortality either from pneumoconiosis or from chronic bronchitis or emphysema as underlying and contributing causes of death. Miners exposed for a working lifetime at or below the current US standard of 2mg/m3 for respirable coal mine dust were at increased risk of mortality from these causes. Both the coal rank (anthracite) of the dust to which miners were exposed and the radiographic category of pneumoconiosis at the start of follow up, including simple coal workers pneumoconiosis category-I, were significant predictors of mortality from pneumoconiosis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Epidemiology Mining Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Pneumoconiosis Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Pneumoconiosis Coal-dust Coal-mining Coal Dust Exposures Coal Rank COPD Dust Lung Cancer Mining-industry Mortality-data Mortality-rates NIOSH-Author Occupational-exposure Proportional Hazards Model Respiratory-system-disorders Risk Statistical-analysis Stomach Cancer Survival Analysis

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSDTT - Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer ; DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  167-184
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00228462
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1995 Aug; 28(2):167-184
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ee3e968a3b754ecdd0d3715766c3792af9db93d004b8eeadd5fc1808aebdda5395abc5739d3ebd52e9503ccffaf334a23f15e6a7cb59ad40767f70d3d68d3397
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/204748/cdc_204748_DS1.pdf
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