Prevalence characteristics and prediction of coal workers' pneumoconiosis in the Tiefa Colliery in China

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-375

  Liu, Hongbo ^a   Tang, Zhifeng ^a   Weng, Dong ^a   Yang, Yongli ^b   Tian, Lujia ^a   Duan, Zhiwen ^a   Chen, Jie ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b General Hospital of Tiefa Coal Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis; Life table method; Prediction; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE TABLE METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ANTHRACOSIS; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749110853     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.369     Document Type: Article

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