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List of works by Michael D. Attfield

A comparison of the profusion and type of small opacities reported with the 1980 and 1971 ILO classifications using Readings from the Coalworkers' X-ray Surveillance Program ⬇️

conference proceedings item published in 1990

A prospective cohort study among new Chinese coal miners - the early pattern of lung function changes ⬇️

abstract published in 2004

A report on a workshop on the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health B reader certification program ⬇️

journal article published in 1992

A retrospective assessment of occupational exposure to elemental carbon in the US trucking industry

publication published in 2012

A summary of recent findings on occupational lung disease in US underground coal miners

conference proceedings item published in 1993

Acute respiratory effects of exposure to diesel emissions in coal miners ⬇️

journal article published in 1982

Advanced Pneumoconiosis Among Working Underground Coal Miners—Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia, 2006 ⬇️

scientific article published on August 15, 2007

Advanced cases of coal workers' pneumoconiosis - two counties, Virginia, 2006 ⬇️

journal article published in 2006

Advanced pneumoconiosis among working underground coal miners - Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia, 2006 ⬇️

journal article in trade publication published in 2007

Aluminosilicate surface contamination of respirable quartz particles from coal mine dusts and from clay works dusts

journal article published in 1994

An investigation into the relationship between coal workers' pneumoconiosis and dust exposure in U.S. coal miners

journal article published in 1992

An investigation of inter-reader variability among X-ray readers employed in the underground coal miner surveillance program

journal article published in 1986

Application of data on compliance to epidemiological assessment of exposure-response: the case of data on exposure of United States coal miners

journal article published in 1996

British data on coal miners' pneumoconiosis and relevance to US conditions

journal article published in 1992

Building-related respiratory disease in college faculty and staff ⬇️

abstract published in 2002

Building-related respiratory symptoms can be predicted with semi-quantitative indices of exposure to dampness and mold

journal article published in 2004

Changing patterns of pneumoconiosis mortality - United States, 1968 - 2000 ⬇️

journal article published in July 2004

Changing patterns of pneumoconiosis mortality - United States, 1968 - 2000

journal article published in 2004

Characterization of dust exposure for the study of chronic occupational lung disease: a comparison of different exposure assessment strategies

journal article published in 2000

Chest radiography in dust-exposed miners: promise and problems, potential and imperfections

journal article published in 1993

Chronic occupational respiratory disease

journal article published in 1996

Coal

chapter published in 2012

Coal

chapter published in 1995

Coal

chapter published in 2000

Coal mine dust exposure and spirometry in experienced miners

journal article published in 1996

Coal workers' lung diseases ⬇️

chapter published in 2007

Coal workers' lung diseases

chapter published in 1998

Coal workers' lung diseases

book or book chapter published in 1998

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis

chapter published in 2005

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis and other coal-related lung disease

chapter published in 1994

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis and progressive massive fibrosis are increasingly more prevalent among workers in small underground coal mines in the United States

journal article published in 2010

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis in the United States: regional differences 40 years after implementation of the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act ⬇️

scientific article published on May 19, 2011

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis: geographic clustering of rapidly progressive disease in the U.S ⬇️

conference abstract published in 2005

Commentary: Pneumoconiosis, coalmine dust and the PFR ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Comments concerning exact expressions for the bias and variance of estimators of the mean of a lognormal distribution ⬇️

publication published in 1993

Comments on the Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study - reply

publication published in 2011

Comparison of risk of silicosis in Chinese tin miners, tungsten miners and pottery workers

conference proceedings item published in 2001

Comparison of risk of silicosis in Chinese tin miners, tungsten miners and pottery workers and South African gold miners: an epidemiological study ⬇️

conference abstract published in 2002

Comparison of storage phosphor computed radiography with conventional film-screen radiography in the recognition of pneumoconiosis

journal article published in 2010

Current intelligence bulletin 63: occupational exposure to titanium dioxide ⬇️

NIOSH current intelligence bulletin published in 2011

Current intelligence bulletin 64: coal mine dust exposures and associated health outcomes - a review of information published since 1995 ⬇️

NIOSH current intelligence bulletin published in 2011

Decline in lung function and mortality: implications for medical monitoring

journal article published in 2007

Definition of COPD GOLD stage I ⬇️

journal article published in 2007

Development of quantitative exposure data for a pooled exposure-response analysis of 10 silica cohorts

journal article published in 2002

Diesel emissions and associated respiratory health effects in mining

conference proceedings item published in 1983

Diesel exhaust, respirable dust, and ischemic heart disease: an application of the parametric g-formula

journal article published in 2019

Does coal mine dust present a risk for lung cancer. A case-control study of U.S. coal miners

journal article published in 1983

Does regression analysis of lung function data obtained from occupational epidemiologic studies lead to misleading inferences regarding the true effect of smoking?

journal article published in 1995

Dust concentrations and prevalence of pneumoconiosis in the United States and Great Britain: a re-examination and comparison of data prior to 1970

conference proceedings item published in 1984

Early change of pulmonary ventilation in new coal miners

journal article published in 2005

Effect of different grouping strategies in developing estimates of personal exposures: specificity versus precision

journal article published in 2000

Effects of a two-year inhalation exposure of rats to coal dust and/or diesel exhaust on tension responses of isolated airway smooth muscle ⬇️

journal article published in 1985

Efforts to improve consistency and accuracy in chest radiograph classification in the United States: the NIOSH B Reader Program

conference proceedings item published in 1993

Emphysema in coal workers' pneumoconiosis: contribution by coal and cigarette smoking

abstract published in 1992

Employment status and effect of coal-mine dust exposure ⬇️

abstract published in 1995

Epidemiologic assessment of the risk for adverse pulmonary effects from persistent occupational exposure to Mount St. Helens' volcanic ash (tephra)

conference proceedings item published in 1982

Epidemiological data on US coal miners' pneumoconiosis, 1960 to 1988

journal article published in 1992

Epidemiological evidence on smoking, dust exposure, and lung disease in coal miners

conference proceedings item published in 1987

Erratum to "Mortality among U.S. underground coal miners: a 23-year follow-up (vol 51, pg 231, 2008)

publication published in 2010

Estimation of cumulative exposures for the national study of coal workers' pneumoconiosis

journal article published in 1991

Evidence that the P2x purinoceptor of the smooth muscle of the guinea pig vas deferens is an ATP4- receptor ⬇️

journal article published in 1990

Exact expressions for the bias and variance of estimators of the mean of a lognormal distribution

journal article published in 1992

Examination of Potential Sources of Bias in the US Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program ⬇️

scientific article published on May 16, 2013

Experiments with bracts and bract dusts

conference proceedings item published in 1985

Exposure estimates for the national coal study: the use of MSHA compliance data for epidemiologic research ⬇️

conference proceedings item published in 1990

Exposure to diesel fumes and dust at six potash mines

journal article published in 1982

Exposure to diesel fumes and dust at six potash mines

publication published in 1980

Exposure to silica and silicosis among tin miners in China: exposure response analyses and risk assessment

journal article published in 2001

Exposure-response analysis and risk assessment for silica and silicosis mortality in a pooled analysis of six cohorts ⬇️

journal article published in 2002

Exposure-response analysis of mortality among coal miners in the United States

journal article published in 1995

Exposure-response for coal workers' pneumoconiosis in underground coal miners: a discussion of issues and findings

journal article published in 1997

Exposure-response relationships for coal mine dust and obstructive lung disease following enactment of the federal coal mine health and safety act of 1969

journal article published in 1992

Flock workers' exposures and respiratory symptoms in five plants

journal article published in 2005

Flock workers' exposures and respiratory symptoms in five plants ⬇️

journal article published in 2002

Geographic variability in coal workers' pneumoconiosis mortality in the U.S ⬇️

conference abstract published in 2005

Health implications of the Mount St. Helens' eruption: epidemiological considerations

journal article published in 1982

Human and animal evidence supports lower occupational exposure limits for poorly-soluble respirable particles: Letter to the Editor

journal article published in 2014

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis mortality in the United States: is there any evidence of occupational risk? ⬇️

conference abstract published in 2005

Impact of work in industry and occupation on prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the US population ⬇️

conference abstract published in 2003

Incidence of low back injuries among nursing personnel as a function of patient lifting frequency

journal article published in 1988

Inter-pathologist variation in assessments of histologic abnormalities related to coal mine dust exposure

abstract published in 1992

Inter-reader variability among readers using ILO 1971 and 1980 classifications of the pneumoconioses ⬇️

conference proceedings item published in 1990

Intramodality and Intermodality Comparisons of Storage Phosphor Computed Radiography and Conventional Film-Screen Radiography in the Recognition of Small Pneumoconiotic Opacities ⬇️

scientific article published on May 26, 2011

Ischaemic heart disease from diesel exhaust exposure among underground, non-metal miners in the United States

abstract published in 2016

Ischemic heart disease mortality and diesel exhaust and respirable dust exposure in the Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study

journal article published in 2018

Kaolin and the lung

publication published in 1983

Letter to the editor: authors' response to Mr Light's letter to the editor

publication published in 2006

Longitudinal and cross sectional analyses of exposure to coal mine dust and pulmonary function in new miners ⬇️

journal article published in 1993

Longitudinal decline in FEV1 in United States coalminers

journal article published in 1985

Lung cancer in the National Coal Workers' Autopsy Study ⬇️

conference proceedings item published in 1980

Malignant mesothelioma mortality - United States, 1999--2005 ⬇️

journal article published in 2009

Malignant mesothelioma mortality - United States, 1999--2005 ⬇️

journal article in trade publication published in 2009

Malignant mesothelioma surveillance: a comparison of ICD 10 mortality data with SEER incidence data in nine areas of the United States

journal article published in 2004

Mapping and prediction of coal workers' pneumoconiosis with bioavailable iron content in the bituminous coals

journal article published in 2005

Miners with clinically important declines in FEV1: analysis of data from the U.S. National Coal Study

journal article published in 1996

Morbidity study of oil shale workers employed at Anvil Points, CO, during 1948-1969

field study published in 1981

Morbidity survey of U.S. oil shale workers employed during 1948- 1969

journal article published in 1985

Mortality among U.S. underground coal miners: a 23-year follow- up

journal article published in 2008

National Coal Study and related research. Final report from round three of the study, including longitudinal analysis of radiological and ventilatory function data drawn from epidemiological and surveillance data on underground coal miners

publication published in 1984

National trends in silicosis mortality - United States, 1981- 2000

conference abstract published in 2005

National trends in silicosis mortality in the United States, 1981-2004

journal article published in 2008

Occupational exposure assessment in epidemiology - principles in the design of an optimal exposure assessment strategy ⬇️

abstract published in 1994

Pathology standards for asbestosis

journal article published in 1983

Pneumoconiosis among underground bituminous coal miners in the United States: is silicosis becoming more frequent?

journal article published in 2010

Pneumoconiosis and lung function in a group of kaolin workers ⬇️

journal article published in 1983

Pneumoconiosis mortality and morbidity trends in the United States, 1968-2004

conference proceedings item published in 2008

Pneumoconiosis prevalence among working coal miners examined in federal chest radiograph surveillance programs - United States, 1996 - 2002 ⬇️

scientific article published on April 18, 2003

Pooled analyses of renal disease mortality and crystalline silica exposure in three cohorts

journal article published in 2002

Pooled exposure-response analyses and risk assessment for lung cancer in 10 cohorts of silica-exposed workers: an IARC multicentre study

journal article published in 2001

Possible misclassification did not obscure detection of exposure- response

publication published in 1996

Potential Determinants of Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis, Advanced Pneumoconiosis, and Progressive Massive Fibrosis Among Underground Coal Miners in the United States, 2005–2009 ⬇️

scientific article published on March 8, 2012

Precision of longitudinal spirometric measurements in workplace screening - monitoring and interpretation

conference proceedings item published in 2005

Precision of longitudinal spirometric measurements in workplace screening - monitoring and interpretation

abstract published in 2005

Prevalence and incidence of coalworker's pneumoconiosis in U.S. underground mines

abstract published in 1992

Prevalence and incidence of coalworkers' pnuemoconiosis in U.S. underground mines ⬇️

abstract published in 1994

Prevalence of pneumoconiosis and its relationship to dust exposure in a cohort of U.S. bituminous coal miners and ex-miners

journal article published in 1995

Preventing occupational respiratory disease: a lesson from coal mining

abstract published in 2003

Proficiency, procedures, and "B" readers-classifications of radiographs for pneumoconiosis

journal article published in 2004

Progressive massive fibrosis developing on a background of minimal simple coal workers' pneumoconiosis ⬇️

conference proceedings item published in 1990

Pulmonary disease associated with cafeteria flooding

journal article published in 1985

Pulmonary function loss associated with recent and past coal mine dust exposure ⬇️

abstract published in 1997

Pulmonary function of U.S. coal miners related to dust exposure estimates

journal article published in 1992

Pulmonary inflammation and crystalline silica in respirable coal mine dust: dose-response ⬇️

journal article published in 2003

Quantitative exposure-response for silica dust and lung cancer in Vermont granite workers

journal article published in 2004

Quartz exposure can cause pneumoconiosis in coal workers

publication published in 2009

RE: Attfield MD, Costello J. 2004. Quantitative Exposure-Response for Silica Dust and Lung Cancer in Vermont Granite Workers

publication published in 2004

RE: the Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study (DEMS): a nested case-control study of lung cancer and diesel exhaust

publication published in 2014

Radiographic abnormalities among construction workers exposed to quartz containing dust ⬇️

journal article published in 2003

Radiographic and pathologic correlation of coal workers' pneumoconiosis

journal article published in 1996

Radiographic appearances of small opacities and their correlation with pathology grading of macules, nodules and dust burden in the lungs

journal article published in 1994

Radiographic correlation of coal workers' pneumoconiosis with pathologic lesions and dust burden in the lungs

abstract published in 1992

Rapid decline in FEV1 and the development of bronchitic symptoms among new Chinese coal miners

conference abstract published in 2005

Rapid decline in FEV1 and the development of bronchitic symptoms among new Chinese coal miners

conference proceedings item published in 2005

Rapidly progressive coal workers' pneumoconiosis in the United States: geographic clustering and other factors

journal article published in 2005

Re: The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: a nested case-control study of lung cancer and diesel exhaust and a cohort mortality study with emphasis on lung cancer response

publication published in 2012

Regional differences of coal workers pneumoconiosis prevalence in the United States: 40 years after implementation of the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act

abstract published in 2011

Relationships between lung dust burden, pathology and lifetime exposure in an autopsy study of U.S. coal miners

journal article published in 1997

Reliability of Reported Occupational History Information for US Coal Miners, 1969-1977 ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 1998

Report of the statistical task team of the coal mine respirable dust task group

book published in 1993

Respiratory disease in coal miners ⬇️

chapter published in 2006

Respiratory disease in coal miners

chapter published in 1998

Respiratory disease in coal miners

chapter published in 1992

Respiratory disease mortality among US coal miners; results after 37 years of follow-up

journal article published in 2014

Respiratory diseases of coal miners ⬇️

chapter published in 2005

Respiratory questionnaires ⬇️

chapter published in 1986

Respiratory symptoms and chest illness in underground coal miners

journal article published in 1986

Respiratory symptoms and spirometry in experienced coal miners: Effects of both distant and recent coal mine dust exposures ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 1997

Risk of silicosis in cohorts of Chinese tin and tungsten miners, and pottery workers (I): an epidemiological study

journal article published in 2005

Risks of occupational respiratory diseases among U.S. coal miners

journal article published in 1997

Sampling for airborne fungi: a statistical comparison of media

journal article published in 1983

Semi-quantitative mold exposure index predicts building-related respiratory symptoms

abstract published in 2003

Semi-quantitative mold exposure index predicts building-related respiratory symptoms ⬇️

conference proceedings item published in 2002

Silica exposure and silicosis among tin miners in China: exposure response analyses and risk assessment

abstract published in 1998

Silicosis mortality among young adults in the United States, 1968-2004

journal article published in 2008

Silicosis mortality, prevention, and control - United States, 1968-2002 ⬇️

journal article published in April 2005

Silicosis mortality, prevention, and control - United States, 1968-2002

journal article published in 2005

Some observations on the variation in height coefficients in prediction equations for forced vital capacity

journal article published in 1992

Spirometry variability criteria - association with respiratory morbidity and mortality in a cohort of coal miners

journal article published in 1987

Study on early change of lung function among new coal miners

conference abstract published in 2005

Surface composition of respirable silica particles in a set of U.S. Anthracite and Bituminous coal mine dusts

journal article published in 1997

Surface properties of respirable silicate and aluminosilicate dusts affecting bioavailability

conference proceedings item published in 1994

Surface properties of silica in mixed dust

chapter published in 1995

Surveillance data on US coal miners' pneumoconiosis, 1970 to 1986

journal article published in 1992

Surveillance data on US coal miners' pneumoconiosis, 1992

abstract published in 1994

Surveillance of pneumoconiosis in underground coal miners in the US 1970-1986

conference proceedings item published in 1993

Temporal trends in coal workers' pneumoconiosis prevalence. Validating the National Coal Study results ⬇️

journal article published in 1998

The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study (DEMS) II: temporal factors related to diesel exhaust exposure and lung cancer mortality in the nested case-control study

journal article published in 2023

The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: I. Overview of the exposure assessment process

journal article published in 2010

The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: II. Exposure monitoring surveys and development of exposure groups

journal article published in 2010

The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: III. Interrelations between respirable elemental carbon and gaseous and particulate components of diesel exhaust derived from area sampling in underground non-metal mining facilities

journal article published in 2010

The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: IV. Estimating historical exposures to diesel exhaust in underground non-metal mining facilities

journal article published in 2010

The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: V. Evaluation of the exposure assessment methods

journal article published in 2012

The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: a cohort mortality study with emphasis on lung cancer

journal article published in 2012

The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: a nested case-control study of lung cancer and diesel exhaust

journal article published in 2012

The NIOSH B Reader Certification Program. An update report ⬇️

journal article published in 1992

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health B Reader Certification Program - an update report (1987 to 2018) and future directions

journal article published in 2019

The association between tobacco burden and “dirty chest” is unlikely to follow a linear dose-response pattern ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

The changing epidemiology of coal workers' pneumoconiosis in Appalachia - investigating the role of silica exposure

abstract published in 2009

The derivation of estimated dust exposures for U.S. coal miners working before 1970

journal article published in 1992

The fourth round of the National Study of Coalworkers' Pneumoconiosis: a preliminary analysis ⬇️

conference proceedings item published in 1990

The incidence and progression of pneumoconiosis over nine years In U.S. coal miners: II. Relationship with dust exposure and other potential causative factors

journal article published in 1984

The incidence and progression of pneumoconiosis over nine years in U.S. coal miners: I. principal findings

journal article published in 1984

The pneumoconioses: changing patterns in the United States, 1968- 2000 ⬇️

conference abstract published in 2004

The precision of longitudinal lung function measurements: monitoring and interpretation

journal article published in 2005

The role of coal mine dust exposure in the development of pulmonary emphysema

journal article published in 1997

Trends in asbestosis mortality and asbestos consumption in the U.S ⬇️

conference abstract published in 2005

Trends in classification of small opacity type in the coal worker's x-ray surveillance program, 1970-1989 ⬇️

abstract published in 1994

Trends in classification of small opacity type in the coal worker's x-ray surveillance program, 1970-1989

abstract published in 1992

Trends in pneumoconiosis mortality and morbidity for the United States, 1968-2005, and relationship with indicators of extent of exposure

journal article published in 2009

Tuberculosis mortality by industry in the United States, 1990- 1999 ⬇️

journal article published in 2005

Use of an existing database to evaluate lung cancer risk and silica exposure in Vermont granite workers ⬇️

abstract published in 2001

Use of data from X-ray screening program for coal workers to evaluate effectiveness of 2 mg/m3 coal dust standard ⬇️

journal article published in 1986

Using Digital Chest Images to Monitor the Health of Coal Miners and Other Workers ⬇️

NIOSH Science Blog post published in 2009

Variation of microbial contaminants in classers' raw cottons

journal article published in 1984

Work-related lung disease surveillance report 2002: asthma and COPD highlights

abstract published in 2003

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