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Potential determinants of coal workers' pneumoconiosis, advanced pneumoconiosis, and progressive massive fibrosis among underground coal miners in the United States, 2005-2009

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  • Laney, A.S.
  • Petsonk, E.L.
  • Hale, J.M.
  • Wolfe, A.L.
  • Attfield, M.D.

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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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  • Laney, A.S. & Petsonk, E.L. & Hale, J.M. & Wolfe, A.L. & Attfield, M.D., 2012. "Potential determinants of coal workers' pneumoconiosis, advanced pneumoconiosis, and progressive massive fibrosis among underground coal miners in the United States, 2005-2009," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 102(S2), pages 279-283.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2011.300427_3
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300427
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    1. Marzouk Lajili, 2019. "Assessments of Gaseous and Particulate Matter Emissions from Biomass Combustion and their Effect on Human Health," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 17(2), pages 12681-12688, April.
    2. Jarosław Brodny & Magdalena Tutak, 2018. "Exposure to Harmful Dusts on Fully Powered Longwall Coal Mines in Poland," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-16, August.

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