MORTALITY IN COALWORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS RELATED TO LUNG FUNCTION: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY*
AUTOR(ES)
Oldham, P. D.
RESUMO
In 1949, 126 coalminers, chosen to cover the whole radiological range of coalworkers' pneumoconiosis, were subjected to a battery of physiological tests of lung function, clinical investigations, and anthropometry. During the ensuing 12 years 40 of these men died. An analysis of the original measurements was carried out in an attempt to identify the particular features of the disturbance of lung function associated with pneumoconiosis which were most related to the rate of dying.
