Radiographic outcomes among South African coal miners
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Radiographic outcomes among South African coal miners.
OBJECTIVES This study, the first to document the prevalence of pneumoconiosis among a living South African coal mining cohort, describes dose-response relationships between coal workers' pneumoconiosis and respirable dust exposure, and relationships between pneumoconiosis and both lung function deterioration and respiratory symptoms. METHODS A total of 684 current miners and 188 ex-miners fro...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0340-0131,1432-1246
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0532-3