Long-term mortality in miners with coal workers' pneumoconiosis in The Netherlands: a pilot study |
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Authors: | J M Meijers G M Swaen J J Slangen K van Vliet F Sturmans |
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Affiliation: | Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Toxicology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands. |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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Keywords: | coal workers' pneumoconiosis mortality follow-up gastric cancer risk |
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