Long-term mortality in miners with coal workers' pneumoconiosis in The Netherlands: a pilot study.
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.
Meijers
J M
JM
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Toxicology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Swaen
G M
GM
Slangen
J J
JJ
van Vliet
K
K
Sturmans
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D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D003031:Coal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008906:Mining; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D013997:Time Factors
D003031:Coal