Potential Determinants of Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis, Advanced Pneumoconiosis, and Progressive Massive Fibrosis Among Underground Coal Miners in the United States, 2005–2009

Autor:	Michael D. Attfield, Edward L. Petsonk, A. Scott Laney, Janet M. Hale, Anita L. Wolfe
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Adult Research and Practice Pulmonary Fibrosis complex mixtures Occupational safety and health Young Adult Risk Factors Occupational Exposure Environmental health otorhinolaryngologic diseases Prevalence medicine Humans Coal Occupational Health Retrospective Studies business.industry Progressive massive fibrosis Pneumoconiosis West virginia Disease progression technology industry and agriculture Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health respiratory system Middle Aged medicine.disease Coal Mining United States respiratory tract diseases Occupational Diseases Radiography Relative risk Disease Progression business human activities
Zdroj:	American Journal of Public Health. 102:S279-S283
ISSN:	1541-0048 0090-0036
DOI:	10.2105/ajph.2011.300427
Popis:	Objectives. We better defined the distribution and determinants of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) among US underground coal miners. Methods. We obtained chest radiographs from the mobile unit of an enhanced surveillance program begun in 2005 by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for underground coal miners. B Readers classified them for presence of pneumoconiosis. Results. Miners from 15 states participated (n = 6658). The prevalence of CWP was higher in 3 states (Kentucky, 9.0%; Virginia, 8.0%; West Virginia, 4.8%) than in 12 other states (age-adjusted risk ratio [RR] = 4.5; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.3, 6.1). Miners in these 3 states were younger and had less mining tenure, but advanced CWP (category ≥ 2/1; RR = 8.1; 95% CI = 3.9, 16.9) and progressive massive fibrosis (RR = 10.5; 95% CI = 3.8, 29.1) was more prevalent among them. Advanced CWP and progressive massive fibrosis were more prevalent among workers at mines with fewer than 155 miners, irrespective of mining region, than among workers at larger mines. Conclusions. Enhanced surveillance results confirmed the persistence of severe CWP among US coal miners and documented the health consequences of inadequate dust control for miners in parts of Appalachia and at smaller mines.
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