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• Coal Dust Exposure and Mortality From Ischemic Heart Disease Among a Cohort of U.S. Coal Miners
  10/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Particulate exposure from air pollution increases the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality. Although coal miners are highly exposed to coal dust particulate, studies of IHD mortality risk among coal miners have had inconsistent results.
• Investigation into Dust Exposures and Mining Practices in Mines in the Southern Appalachian Region
  2/1/2009 - Conference papers
  This paper presents the results to date of a NIOSH investigation into the possible causes that would account for the observed higher trends in CWP disease progression through review, data analysis, and in-mine surveying.
• Respiratory Diseases
  10/16/2020 - Research areas
  This page summarizes how NIOSH is addressing respiratory diseases in the mining industry.
• Respirable Dust
  10/16/2020 - Research areas
  Respirable Dust Topic Page
• Investigating Mining Practices and Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposures in Underground Coal Mines
  9/18/2020 - Research projects
  A project to examine past and current coal mining practices and to identify potential trends, gaps in effective respirable crystalline silica exposure sampling and monitoring, and/or associations with geographic regions of high lung disease rates.
• Characterization of Submicron-/Nano-scale Coal Dusts and Their Effects on Miners' Pneumoconiosis and Lung Cancer for Underground Coal Mines
  1/31/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with Pennsylvania State University to investigate the characterization of submicron-/nano-scale coal dusts and their effects on miners’ pneumoconiosis and lung cancer for underground coal mines.
• Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP)
  6/5/2017 - Research projects
  A project to maintain a Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) designed to identify the incidence and progression of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis in all coal miners.
• Respirable Dust Control Methods on Continuous Mining Operations
  3/15/2017 - Research projects
  A project to develop and evaluate control technologies to reduce respirable dust exposures for operators of roof bolters and continuous mining machines.
• Controlling Respirable Dust in Coal Mining Operations
  2/22/2017 - Research projects
  A project to identify and develop improved respirable dust controls for coal mines and facilitate their implementation to reduce the dust exposures of mine workers.
• CPDM Helps Coal Miners Avoid Hazardous Dust
  12/30/2016 - Promotional materials
  Find out how the continuous personal dust monitor (CPDM) is being used to reduce exposure to black lung-causing coal dust.