The first round of the National Study of Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Report presenting a profile of the data collected during the first round of the U.S. Public Health Service's National Study of Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis. From 1969 to 1971 a mobile field team visited 31 coal mines and examined a total of 9078 coal miners. Tables are presented showing general characteristics, respiratory symptoms, occupational and smoking history, results of a simple test of ventilatory capacity, and radiographic interpretation of the miners examined. Also described are the historical background and the study design. A profile of numerous statistical tables is included. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Diagnosis Epidemiology Mining Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Radiography Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Smokers Tobacco Products

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Respiratory-system-disorders; Mining-industry; Coal-mining; Chest-X-rays; Health-statistics; Diagnostic-tests; Respiratory-function-tests; Cigarette-smoking; Occupational-diseases; Epidemiology
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-74
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00072593
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1976 Dec; :1-74
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/242083/cdc_242083_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]