The Relationship of Total Dust, Free Silica, and Trace Metal Concentrations to the Occupational Respiratory Disease of Bituminous Coal Miners
| Autor: | John V. Crable, W.S. Lainhart, William E. Crouse, D.V. Sweet, John R. Carlberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
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Male Iron Job classification geology Occupational safety and health Nickel Environmental health Occupational respiratory disease Humans Medicine Magnesium Trace metal Coal Lung Titanium Bituminous coal Manganese Retirement Waste management business.industry geology.rock_type Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Dust Vanadium Environmental Exposure West Virginia Silicon Dioxide Coal Mining Trace Elements Hydroxyproline Metals Female Beryllium Pneumoconiosis business Lung tissue Energy source Copper |
| Zdroj: | American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. 35:479-488 |
| ISSN: | 0002-8894 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0002889748507063 |
| Popis: | The final report of the long-range study of lung tissue from deceased bituminous coal miners from Raleigh County, West Virginia, conducted by the Cincinnati Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is presented. A follow-up study of 19 miners and 15 female residents of the representative mining communities, as controls, is also presented. The tissues were analyzed for total dust, coal, free silica, ten trace elements, and hydroxyproline. Data from 64 cases reported earlier were pooled with this information for statistical studies. The following factors were considered: duration of mining experience, period from retirement to death, severity of respiratory disease, and levels of dust exposure (by job classification). Smoking history was not included, since the number of nonsmokers in the sample was statistically not significant. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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