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Long‐term mortality in miners with coal workers' pneumoconiosis in the netherlands: A pilot study

1991; Wiley; Volume: 19; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/ajim.4700190106

1097-0274

Jan M. M. Meijers, Gerard M. H. Swaen, Jos J. M. Slangen, Kees van Vliet, F. Sturmans,

Air Quality and Health Impacts

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.