Potential Determinants of Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis, Advanced Pneumoconiosis, and Progressive Massive Fibrosis Among Underground Coal Miners in the United States, 2005-2009

被引：38

作者：

Laney, A. Scott ^{[1
]}

Petsonk, Edward L. ^{[1
]}

Hale, Janet M. ^{[1
]}

Wolfe, Anita L. ^{[1
]}

Attfield, Michael D. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NIOSH, Surveillance Branch, Div Resp Dis Studies, Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Morgantown, WV USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2012年 / 102卷

关键词：

VIRGINIA; HEALTH;

D O I：

10.2105/AJPH.2011.300427

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Objectives. We better defined the distribution and determinants of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) among US underground coal miners. Methods. We obtained chest radiographs from the mobile unit of an enhanced surveillance program begun in 2005 by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for underground coal miners. B Readers classified them for presence of pneumoconiosis. Results. Miners from 15 states participated (n = 6658). The prevalence of CWP was higher in 3 states (Kentucky, 9.0%; Virginia, 8.0%; West Virginia, 4.8%) than in 12 other states (age-adjusted risk ratio [RR] = 4.5; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.3, 6.1). Miners in these 3 states were younger and had less mining tenure, but advanced CWP (category >= 2/1; RR = 8.1; 95% CI = 3.9, 16.9) and progressive massive fibrosis (RR = 10.5; 95% CI = 3.8, 29.1) was more prevalent among them. Advanced CWP and progressive massive fibrosis were more prevalent among workers at mines with fewer than 155 miners, irrespective of mining region, than among workers at larger mines. Conclusions. Enhanced surveillance results confirmed the persistence of severe CWP among US coal miners and documented the health consequences of inadequate dust control for miners in parts of Appalachia and at smaller mines. (Am J Public Health. 2012;102:S279-S283. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300427)

引用

页码：S279 / S283

页数：5

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