Focusing on coal miners' occupational disease issues: A comparative analysis between China and the United States

Safety Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 217-222

  Chen, Hong ^a   Feng, Qun ^a   Long, Ruyin ^a   Qi, Hui ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese coal miner; Occupational diseases; Ten year tendency; The occupational disease rate per million tons; The occupational disease rate per thousand coal miners

Indexed keywords

CHINESE COAL; CHINESE COAL MINE; COAL MINERS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE DATA; TEN-YEAR TENDENCY; THE OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE RATE PER MILLION TONS;

COAL MINES; MINERS;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHINA; COAL WORKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATITIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEAT STROKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MYOSITIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TENDINITIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 84865416613     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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