Kosova coal gasification plant health effects study: Volume 3, Retrospective epidemiology
Disease incidence in coal gasification plant workers in Kosova, Yugoslavia, was compared to that in lignite surface miners who received medical care in the same clinic. No statistically significant difference in incidence rate was found for any of twelve disease categories examined. Early development of a high skin cancer rate, as reported within five years of first exposure at a coal hydrogenation plant in Institute, West Virginia, did not occur. Exploratory analysis indicated trends among gasification plant workers in disease incidence with increasing years of service and increasing occupational exposure levels for chronic bronchitis and mental diseases. Particulate exposures in workers' homes were of the same order as exposures at the gasification plant and further study of residential air pollution levels is recommended. 21 refs., 2 figs., 80 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA); Kosova Univ., Pristina (Yugoslavia). Medical Faculty; Electropriveda Kosova, Pristina (Yugoslavia). Medical Dept.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 5504779
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-40629-Vol.3; ON: DE88005613
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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