Long-term mortality in miners with coal workers' pneumoconiosis in The Netherlands: A pilot study

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · American Journal of Industrial Medicine; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.4700190106· OSTI ID:6085466

Meijers, J M; Swaen, G M; Slangen, J J; van Vliet, K; Sturmans, F ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Limburg, Maastricht (Netherlands)

In order to investigate whether the prolonged exposure to coal mine dust increases the cancer risk for coal miners, a pilot study in a selected cohort of 334 Dutch miners with coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), followed from 1956 until 1983, was conducted. In total, 165 miners had died (49.4%); for 162 (98.2%) the cause of death was traced. In comparison to the general Dutch male population, total mortality in the cohort was statistically significantly increased (SMR: 153). This was in general due to the significantly higher than expected cancer mortality (SMR: 163), cancer of stomach and small intestine (SMR: 401) and nonmalignant respiratory disease (SMR: 426). The lung cancer mortality was within the expected range.

• OSTI ID: 6085466
• Journal Information: American Journal of Industrial Medicine; (USA), Vol. 19:1; ISSN 0271-3586
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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