Ventilatory study in simple coal worker's pneumoconiosis

Shankar, P.S.

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences 35(4): 73-76

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5359
PMID: 7338393
Document Number: 175916
A spirometric study of 175 miners with simple coal workers pneumoconiosis was reported; 41% had normal ventilatory functions. Ventilatory functions were impaired to a greater extent with increasing years of work at the coal face. FVC decreased among smokers. Cigarette smoking appeared to have an additive effect in ventilatory abnormalities.

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