The Federal Coal Mine Health Program in 1977, annual report (8th) of health activities under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5720527

The report describes the activities and findings of the Federal Coal Mine Health Program in 1977. Included in the report is information on NIOSH findings for medical, epidemiological, industrial hygiene and laboratory research and services. Pneumoconiosis and other non-pneumonoconiotic abnormalities are discussed. Fewer than two percent of the coal miners examined had evidence of pneumonoconiosis; others who had been coal miners for a longer time showed about a 15% incidence of pneumonoconiosis. Projects on diesel equipment, job stress, mortality, clinical, laboratory studies and autopsies as they relate to underground coal miners are discussed.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5720527
• Report Number(s): PB-297759
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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