Open AccessBritish data on coal miners' pneumoconiosis and relevance to US conditions.
Author(s) -
M D Attfield
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.82.7.978
Subject(s) - pneumoconiosis , environmental health , coal mining , coal , relevance (law) , silicosis , epidemiology , medicine , engineering , waste management , political science , pathology , law
The current primary federal dust standard for US underground coal miners of 2 mg/m3 respirable dust is based on British epidemiological information on exposure-response derived in 1969. Since then, much new information has become available. This paper reviews and compares the available information as it relates to the US mining situation.
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