CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE IN MINING COMMUNITIES
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Chronic respiratory disease in mining communities.
The role of coal mine dust exposure in the development of chronic respiratory disease and disability among miners needs to be accurately assessed if we are to practice wisely, set sound dust standards, or compensate justly. In the present paper, the community studies bearing on this problem with which I have been associated during the past two decades will be reviewed. Between 1953 and 1963, su...
متن کاملBruit . J . industr . Med . , I 968 , 25 , i 65 . Chronic Respiratory Disease in Mining Communities in Marion County
A study of respiratory disease has been carried out in five mining communities in Marion County, West Virginia, United States of America. Each of the five communities was defined by a private census. A questionnaire on respiratory symptoms, chest and other illnesses, smoking habits, and occupation was completed on all adults aged 20 years and over. All men aged 20-69 who lived in three of the t...
متن کاملOverlap Syndrome in Respiratory Medicine: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are highly prevalent chronic diseases in the general population. Both are characterized by similar mechanisms: airway inflammation, airway obstruction, and airway hyperresponsiveness. However, the distinction between the two obstructive diseases is not always clear. Multiple epidemiological studies demonstrate that in elderly people with o...
متن کاملMining and Environmental Degradation: a Gift Brings Grief Scenario for Mining Communities in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is blessed with abundant natural resources but yet prone to environmental degradation due to the mining operations. Most often, the mining communities are faced with social tensions, as a result of the possible trade-off between the expected employment impact and the cost of mining operations to the environment. Over the past decades, the contribution of the mining sector to the de...
متن کاملChronic Respiratory Disease
There is wide variation in the provision of home mechanical ventilation (HMV) throughout Europe, but the provision of home mechanical ventilation can also vary within countries. In 2008, the overall prevalence of HMV in Norway was 19.9/100,000, and there were huge regional differences in treatment prevalence. The aim of this study is to find explanations for these differences. We gathered multi...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0077-8923,1749-6632
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1972.tb40188.x