ArticleAmerican journal of public health2011
Health-related quality of life among central Appalachian residents in mountaintop mining counties.
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- Surgical versus medical treatment for ocular surface squamous neoplasia: A quality of life comparison.The ocular surface · 2019Article
- Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining and Emergent Cases of Psychological Disorder in Kentucky.Community mental health journal · 2017Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life Among US Workers: Variability Across Occupation Groups.American journal of public health · 2017Article
- Two Mechanisms: The Role of Social Capital and Industrial Pollution Exposure in Explaining Racial Disparities in Self-Rated Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Impact of Coal Mining on Self-Rated Health among Appalachian Residents.Journal of environmental and public health · 2015Article
- Combining a Spatial Model and Demand Forecasts to Map Future Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia.PloS one · 2015Article
- Models for count data with an application to Healthy Days measures: are you driving in screws with a hammer?Preventing chronic disease · 2014Article
- Improving the environmental quality component of the County Health Rankings model.American journal of public health · 2013Article
- Asbestosis: Past voices from the Mumbai factory floor.Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2012Article
- Self-reported cancer rates in two rural areas of West Virginia with and without mountaintop coal mining.Journal of community health · 2012Article
- Mountaintop removal mining: digging into community health concerns.Environmental health perspectives · 2011Article
- Identifying influential environmental drivers of Alzheimer's disease at the county level using machine learning and explainable artificial intelligence.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reportsArticle
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined the health-related quality of life of residents in mountaintop mining counties of Appalachia using the 2006 national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
methodsDependent variables included self-rated health; the number of poor physical, poor mental, and activity limitation days (in the past 30 days); and the Healthy Days Index. Independent variables included metropolitan status, primary care physician supply, and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System behavioral and demographic variables. We compared dependent variables across 3 categories: mountaintop mining (yes or no), other coal mining (yes or no), and a referent nonmining group. We used SUDAAN MULTILOG and multiple linear regression models with post hoc least squares means to test mountaintop mining effects after adjusting for covariates.
resultsResidents of mountaintop mining counties reported significantly more days of poor physical, mental, and activity limitation and poorer self-rated health (P < .01) compared with the other county groupings. Results were generally consistent in separate analyses by gender and age.
conclusionsMountaintop mining areas are associated with the greatest reductions in health-related quality of life even when compared with counties with other forms of coal mining.
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