Effects of Coal Dust on Lung Function

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• Personal Author:
  Lapp, N. Leroy
• Description:
  Over the past five years our laboratory has been engaged in an extensive program of investigation of the effects of coal mine dust on cardiopulmonary function of underground coal miners. We began by studying symptomatic miners in order to see what kinds of impairments existed. Later we employed the dual approach involvoing a large epidemiological study of working miners for the purpose of gathering both cross-sectional data on progression of pneumoconiosis, respiratory symptoms and airway obstruction, and detailed examination of selected and subsamples in the laboratory. My presentation of our findings to date will be made according to the type of impairments found and whether they were studied in subjects who were symptomatic or among working miners who were selected more or less randomly. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Metals Metal Workers Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Airway Obstruction Bituminous Coal Cardiopulmonary Function Coal Dust Coal Industry Coal Miners Coal Mines Coal Mining Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Smelting

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052734
• Citation:
  Seminar in Miniature Industrially Related Bronchopulmonary Disorders With Emphasis on Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis, November 16-17, Morgantown, West Virginia. 1972 Nov; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Seminar in Miniature Industrially Related Bronchopulmonary Disorders With Emphasis on Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis, November 16-17, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ed172268b0c605f6a9c726c0df67c7cad1aa03a94da77fd380d9679c5b92818024e7123783a8f84837962bda6aa27773c4d0b2cd6945ec9b136ce45be0eaf266
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212212/cdc_212212_DS1.pdf
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