Lung dust and lung iron contents of coal workers in different coalfields in Great Britain

摘要

Bergman, I., and Casswell, C. (1972).Brit. J. industr. Med.,29, 160-168. Lung dust and lung iron contents of coal workers in different coalfields in Great Britain. Lung dust analyses from seven coalfields are studied and it is found that the average dust composition varies significantly with the rank of coal. The higher the rank, the higher the coal percentage and the lower the quartz percentage of the lung dust. This holds for all coalfields except in Scotland, where the lung dust contains mainly soot instead of coal.