Coal Miners' Pneumoconiosis in County Durham

Coal miners' pneumoconiosis in four collieries in county Durham.

Clinical experience (Browne, Beck, and McCallum, 1949) and rising certification figures by the Pneumoconiosis Medical Board show that there is a pneumoconiosis problem amongst Durham coalminers. Moreover, a study of large films, taken following routine mass miniature radiography (M.M.R.) at eight Durham pits (McCallum, 1952), suggested that at least 3 to 6% of miners at these pits had well mark...

Pneumoconiosis in coal miners.

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Pneumoconiosis of coal miners in north east England with special reference to the Durham coalfield.

Histocompatibility antigens in coal miners with pneumoconiosis.

Twenty-five histocompatibility antigens have been measured in 100 coal miners with pneumoconiosis attending a pneumoconiosis medical panel and the results compared with a panel of 200 normal volunteers not exposed to dust. Chest radiographs were read independently by three readers according to the ILO U/C classification. On a combined score, 40 men were thought to have simple pneumoconiosis and...

Pneumoconiosis of coal-miners in three North-umbrian collieries.

Radiological pneumoconiosis is common amongst coal-miners in County Durham, and in four collieries about 22% of men at work above and below ground had fairly well-marked lung changes of category 2 or more (McCallum and Browne, 1955). There are no reliable prevalence data for pneumoconiosis of coal-miners in the adjacent coalfield of Northumberland, but its mines are thought to produce little pn...