Progression of pneumoconiosis in coal miners after cessation of dust exposure: A longitudinal study based on periodic chest X-ray examinations in Hokkaido, Japan

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1949-1956

  Kimura, Kiyonobu ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoshinori ^a   Kaji, Hiroshi ^a   Nakano, Ikuo ^a   Sakai, Ichiro ^a   Itabashi, Koichi ^a   Igarashi, Takeshi ^a   Okamoto, Kenzo ^a  

^a Japan Labor Health and Welfare Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coal miner; Ex miner; Natural history; Periodic medical examination; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COAL WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DUST EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; COAL MINING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957964169     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.2990     Document Type: Article

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