ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2014
Atmospheric particulate matter size distribution and concentration in West Virginia coal mining and non-mining areas.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Increased Dementia Mortality in West Virginia Counties with Mountaintop Removal Mining?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Simulating the hydrologic cycle in coal mining subsidence areas with a distributed hydrologic model.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Cardiac and mitochondrial dysfunction following acute pulmonary exposure to mountaintop removal mining particulate matter.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2015Article
- Atmospheric particulate matter in proximity to mountaintop coal mines: sources and potential environmental and human health impacts.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2015Article
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Abstract
People who live in Appalachian areas where coal mining is prominent have increased health problems compared with people in non-mining areas of Appalachia. Coal mines and related mining activities result in the production of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) that is associated with human health effects. There is a gap in research regarding particle size concentration and distribution to determine respiratory dose around coal mining and non-mining areas. Mass- and number-based size distributions were determined with an Aerodynamic Particle Size and Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer to calculate lung deposition around mining and non-mining areas of West Virginia. Particle number concentrations and deposited lung dose were significantly greater around mining areas compared with non-mining areas, demonstrating elevated risks to humans. The greater dose was correlated with elevated disease rates in the West Virginia mining areas. Number concentrations in the mining areas were comparable to a previously documented urban area where number concentration was associated with respiratory and cardiovascular disease.
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