Some aspects of Pneumoconiosis in a Group of Mechanised Iron Foundries

Book : Some aspects of Pneumoconiosis in a Group of Mechanised Iron Foundries

Language : English

Library : Health-Safety-Environment

Publish Place : London, England

ISBN : 0 11 883005 8

Publish Date : January 1977

Publisher : Her Majesty's Stationery Offıce

Book Type : Booklet

Book Number : 336

INDEX

Contents
Members of the Committees 5
Foreword 6
Introduction 9
General 9
Procedure 9
The Survey Method 12
X-ray and clinical survey 12
The Selected cases of the present study 13
Graphical Presentation of Results 14
Graphical method 14
Uses and limitations 15
The Medical Survey 16
The First Survey 16
The Second Survey 16
The nature of pneumoconiosis 16
The estimation of progression 17
Retirement 18
Prevalence 18
The Technical Study 19
Conclusions 19
Acknowledgements 20
Appendices
1 The First Survey (1958):Summary of
conclusions respecting iron foundrymen 21
2 The Second Survey (1958-68): Diagrams showing all cases by process and foundry 22
3 The Second Survey (1958-68): Diagrams showing two groups of coremakers 26
4 The Second Survey: Results of selected cases in tabular form 29
5 The use of respirators 35
6 Observations on the experience of the surveys 35
7 Foundry survey film readings 38
8 Statistical analysis of medical results 44
9 Technical data 50
10 References 72