Ethnic differences in the prevalence of nonmalignant respiratory disease among uranium miners.
Author(s) -
Douglas W. Mapel,
David Coultas,
David S. James,
W. C. Hunt,
Christine A. Stidley,
Frank D. Gilliland
Publication year - 1997
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.87.5.833
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , spirometry , logistic regression , disease , pneumoconiosis , environmental health , obstructive lung disease , restrictive lung disease , epidemiology , demography , copd , pathology , lung , asthma , sociology , anthropology
This study (1) investigates the relationship of nonmalignant respiratory disease to underground uranium mining and to cigarette smoking in Native American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White miners in the Southwest and (2) evaluates the criteria for compensation of ethnic minorities.
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