Small mine size is associated with lung function abnormality and pneumoconiosis among underground coal miners in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 690-694

  Blackley, David J ^a,b   Halldin, Cara N ^a   Wang, Mei Lin ^a   Laney, A Scott ^a  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COAL WORKER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINING; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COAL MINING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COAL MINING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VIRGINIA; WEST VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907215550     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102224     Document Type: Article

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