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Respiratory morbidity among U.S. coal miners in states outside of central Appalachia.

Laura E Reynolds1,2, David J Blackley1, Anthony S Laney1, Cara N Halldin1.   

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Recent NIOSH publications have focused on the respiratory health of coal miners in central Appalachia, yet 57% of U.S. coal miners work in other regions. We characterized respiratory morbidity in coal miners from these regions.
METHODS: Active coal miners working outside of central Appalachia who received chest radiographs and/or spirometry during 2005-2015 were included. Chest radiographs were classified according to International Labour Office standards and spirometry was interpreted using the American Thoracic Society guidelines. Prevalence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and abnormal spirometry were compared by region.
RESULTS: A total of 103 (2.1%) miners had CWP. The eastern region had the highest prevalence (3.4%), followed by the western (1.7%), and interior (0.8%) regions. A total of 524 (9.3%) miners had abnormal spirometry.
CONCLUSIONS: CWP occurs in all U.S. coal mining regions. Prevalence of CWP was higher in the eastern region, but lower than levels reported in central Appalachia. © Published 2017. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.

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Keywords:  coal mining; coal workers' pneumoconiosis; lung function impairment; reduced lung function; surveillance

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Year:  2017        PMID： 28497853      PMCID： PMC5751406          DOI： 10.1002/ajim.22727

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Ind Med        ISSN： 0271-3586            Impact factor:   2.214


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