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A Cross sectional study of the independent effect of occupation on lung function in British coal miners / Sarah Lewis... [et al.]

Sumario: Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are now recognised complications of occupational exposure to coal dust, and since 1992 compensation has been available for miners with impaired lung function provided that they also have x ray film evidence of pneumoconiosis. However, many miners with heavy exposure to coal dust and impairment of lung function therefore do not qualify for compensation because they do not have simple pneumoconiosis. In the present study attemps were made to determine whether coal mining is an independent risk factor for impairment of lung function in a group of Nottinghamshire miners with no evidence of simple pneumoconiosis, by comparing these men with a group of local controls who were not occupationally exposed

En: Occupational and environmental medicine. - London and Margate. - Vol. 53, nº 2, February 1996 ; p. 125-128

1. Medicina laboral . 2. Enfermedades profesionales . 3. Enfermedades pulmonares . 4. Neumoconiosis . 5. Carbón . 6. Minería . 7. Minas de carbón . 8. Gran Bretaña . I. Lewis, Sarah . II. Título. III. Título: Occupational and environmental medicine.