Open AccessSurveillance data on US coal miners' pneumoconiosis, 1970 to 1986.
Author(s) -
Michael D. Attfield,
Rochelle Althouse
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.7.971
Subject(s) - pneumoconiosis , environmental health , medicine , demography , pathology , sociology
Statistics on prevalence of pneumoconiosis among working underground coal miners from data collected as part of a large national radiographic surveillance program between 1970 and 1986 are presented. The main intent was to examine the time-related trend in prevalence over this period, which coincides with historically low dust levels mandated by federal act.