Blue collar employees currently working in environments free from exposure to respiratory
hazards were examined with chest radiography and a standard occupational history …

The International Labour Office (ILO) classification of radiographs of pneumoconiosis is a
standard means of assessing the presence or absence of pneumoconiosis in workers …

Computer programs for measuring simple pneumoconiosis in radiographs are described
and assessed. The 36 films studied had been read by 11 skilled human observers and …

Middle Georgia kaolin workers (n= 459) were surveyed for the presence of pneumoconiosis
by chest radiograph and for respiratory symptoms by questionnaire. Pulmonary function was …

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) classification of radiographs of
pneumoconioses was developed to limit variation in classification of parenchymal …

Under controlled conditions 16 people (eight non-medical) inexperienced in the radiology of
occupational lung diseases repeatedly classified 300 selected chest radiographs using the …

Since the early 1900s, it was recognized that many dust-exposed workers developed
abnormal radiographs during life. Chest radiography remains the primary means of …

An examination has been developed to test the proficiency of physicians classifying chest
radiographs with pneumoconiosis in accordance with the classification system promulgated …

To investigate the prevalence of pneumoconiosis in Portland cement workers, a controlled
cross-sectional survey was conducted. Chest radiographs of approximately 2640 Portland …

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that are associated with the
occurrence of small irregular opacities in the chest radiographs of coalminers, and whether …