School years completed and 5-year changes in pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms in U.S. white male coal miners.

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• Personal Author:
  Ames RG ; Hall DS ; Ames RG ; Hall DS
• Description:
  A study was performed to test the hypothesis that among U.S. underground coal miners, the lower the number of years of school completed, the greater the 5 year decrement in pulmonary function, and the greater the 5 year incidence of respiratory symptoms beyond that explained by occupational exposures and cigarette smoking. A sample of 1116 white male underground coal miners from mines in Kentucky, Colorado and Utah was examined in 1977 and reexamined in 1982 for respiratory symptoms, respiratory function, personal history, and occupational history. Less than 12 years of school was statistically related to 5 year declines in forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in 1 second, with adjustment for baseline pulmonary function, age, smoking status and years of underground mining. The number of years of school completed was not related to the 5 year incidence of respiratory symptoms, after adjustment for baseline pulmonary function, age, smoking, and years of underground mining. Forced expiratory flow rate at 50 percent of forced vital capacity was not related to years of schooling completed after adjustment for confounding factors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Coal Dust Education Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Mine-workers; Pulmonary-function-tests; Occupational-exposure; Age-factors; Education; Sociology; Coal-dust
• ISSN:
  0301-0023
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  127-129
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00167689
• Citation:
  J Soc Occup Med 1986 Jan; 36(4):127-129
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/247589/cdc_247589_DS1.pdf
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