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  Diesel Exhaust Exposure in Miners Linked to

  Lung cancer among coal miners ore miners and quarrymen Lung cancer risks of miners and quarrymen Table 2 shows the estimates of the crude and smoking and non smoking adjusted lung cancer risk of miners and quarrymen adjusted for ln age study center and employment in other at risk occupations

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  Lung cancer in miners PMC National Center for

  The clinical histological and biological features of 157 lung cancers in coal miners and ex miners are presented In most respects—age bronchoscopic appearances histological type and symptoms —the two groups are similar A striking feature was the lower frequency with which lung cancer in miners was found to be operable It was

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  Lung carcinoma by histologic type in coal miners PubMed

  Histologic types of lung carcinoma were studied in 171 coal miners in the National Coal Workers Autopsy Study These miners had an average underground mining tenure of 29 / 14 years and an average smoking history of 31 / 23 pack years The proportion of carcinomas by cell type were squamous ce

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  How black lung affects coal miners in West Virginia

  — Earlier this summer the Mine Safety and Health Administration announced its plan to address a mining safety hazard their predecessors failed to meaningfully deal with silica dust The administration s 168 page rule proposal touches on the systems within the mining industry that put workers at risk of developing black lung a

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  Coal Mining Pneumoconiosis and Lung Cancer The BMJ

  — compared with 100 for all males The for lung cancer in underground workers in coal mines other than coal face workers was lower still namely 36 In a more critical study conducted in South Wales W R L James8 found lung cancer at necropsy in % of 1 531 non miners but in only % of 1 827 coal miners Whenhe

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  Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis and Other Mining

  — posures including obstructive lung disease pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer Coal miners are exposed to mixed dusts as part of many job tasks in modern mining Silica is an important component of coal mine dust and is prominent in dust created during mine construc

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  Research progress on the pathogenesis and prediction of

  — Pneumoconiosis is the most common occupational disease among coal miners which is a lung disease caused by long term inhalation of coal dust and retention in the lungs The early stage of this disease is highly insidious and pulmonary fibrosis may occur in the middle and late stages leading to an increase in patient pain index and

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  Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease New Lessons from an Old

  — Despite these exposures earlier cohort mortality studies of coal miners suggested that coal mining may be protective for lung cancer These studies were criticized due to short follow up and failure to adequately account for healthy worker effects including the prohibition against smoking in coal mines 46

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  Lung cancer among coal miners ore miners and quarrymen

  — Methods We estimated lung cancer risks of coal and ore miners and quarrymen among 14 251 lung cancer cases and 17 267 controls from the SYNERGY pooled case control study controlling for smoking and employment in other at risk occupations Results Ever working as miner or quarryman 690 cases 436 controls was associated

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  Lung cancer in radon exposed miners and estimation of risk

  — Background Radioactive radon is an inert gas that can migrate from soils and rocks and accumulate in enclosed areas such as homes and underground mines Studies of miners show that exposure to radon decay products causes lung cancer Consequently it is of public health interest to estimate accurately the consequences of

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  Coal mining is associated with lung cancer risk in Xuanwei

  Results We observed an increased risk of lung cancer among coal miners OR = ; 95%CI = compared to noncoal miners Further a dose response relationship was observed for the risk of lung cancer and the number of years working as a coal miner P trend = with those working as miners for more than 10 years experiencing an

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  Cancer and mortality in coal mine workers a systematic

  The meta analyses showed a decreased risk of prostate cancer cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases This may be related to the Healthy Worker Effect possible lower smoking rates and perhaps the physically active work The meta analysis for lung cancer suggested an increased risk in coal miners with CWP but not in miners of unknown CWP

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  Lung cancer mortality is elevated in coal mining areas of Appalachia

  — The possibility that environmental contamination from the coal mining industry causes lung cancer is consistent with known risks linked to coal Toxins found in coal are well established carcinogens [51] The release of particulate matter and toxins from burning coal is a lung cancer risk factor [1] [52] [53] [54] [55]

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  Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease Now

  — 2 of 3 Vonda Robinson vice president of the National Black Lung Association speaks during a public hearing hosted by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration about its draft rule to limit worker exposure to silica dust Aug 10 2023 at the agency s office in Beaver Vonda Robinson s husband John Robinson a retired

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  Understanding the pathogenesis of occupational coal and

  CWP also commonly known as black lung disease is an irreversible but preventable respiratory disorder in coal miners and workers exposed to coal dust for prolonged periods It is characterised by chronic inflammation and the formation of nodules in the lungs and can lead to PMF which is typically fatal [ 37 ]

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  Coal mining and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a

  The potential of coal mine dust to cause disabling pneumoconiosis has long been recognised but research now suggests that pneumoconiosis is not the only respiratory hazard of coal mining Over the last 30 years evidence has accumulated that miners also experience an excess of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD and this has led

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  Dust exposure respiratory symptoms and longitudinal decline of lung

  METHODS The loss of lung function forced vital capacity FVC forced expiratory volume in one second FEV1 forced expiratory flow MEF carbon monoxide transfer factor TLCO with time and the incidence of respiratory symptoms in 909 Sardinian coal miners followed up between 1983 and 1993 with seven separate surveys has been compared

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  Coal Worker s Pneumoconiosis Symptoms and Diagnosis American Lung

  — The Federal Mine Safety and Health Acts requires that surveillance programs be offered to all coal miners and include breathing tests and/or chest X rays every year or periodically to look for irregular areas Your tax deductible donation funds lung disease and lung cancer research new treatments lung health education and more

  Pathogenesis sequences in Gejiu miners with lung cancer an

  Tin miners in Gejiu Yunnan Province China are at high risk of developing lung cancer with significant occupational characteristics Tissue samples from these miners presented pathological characteristics such as fibroplasia in carcinomas peri cancerous tissue in lung cancers and hyperplasia and dysplasia of epithelial cells in peri cancerous tissue

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