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G Degueldre

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PubMed1978

[The importance of epidemiology for research on pneumoconiosis in Belgium].

Epidemiological surveys of coal workers' pneumoconiosis are only possible by means of periodic X-ray examinations, repeated with a reasonable frequency in order to allow an identification of the first X-ray anomalies of simple pneumoconiosis in exposed workmen. Incidence studies to detect simple pneumoconiosis at its first stages and its progressive increase in cohorts of coal-miners whose dust exposure is known are indeed theoretically the best way to approach these problems. For many reasons, discussed in this paper, such incidence studies are nowadays impossible in Belgium. The survey technique used in our country is based on repeated transversal surveys. Its results are illustrated and commented.

Air Pollutants, Occupational↗
PubMed1977

[Prevention of methane emission by pre-tele-injection of water into the layer].

This paper describes trials of pre-tele-infusion carried out at Zolder mine, of the Kempense Steenkolenmijnen, as part of a research project on the control of methane emission. An increase in output of more than 25% (accompanied by a reduction in dust concentration) with no significant increase in total methane emission is reported. Furthermore, a reduction in total emission of between 13 and 22% was observed when an infused panel was worked above a coal seam which had also been infused.

Accidents, Occupational↗