The influence of dust standards on the prevalence and severity of coal worker's pneumoconiosis at Autopsy in the United States of America

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1550-1556

  Vallyathan, Val ^a   Landsittel, Douglas P ^b   Petsonk, Edward L ^f   Kahn, Jeffrey ^a   Parker, John E ^c   Osiowy, Karen Tofflemire ^d   Green, Francis H Y ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COAL MINING; HISTORY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHRACOSIS; AUTOPSY; COAL MINING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82655181368     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2010-0393-OA     Document Type: Article

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