Sadler R L
Thorax. 1974 Nov;29(6):699-702. doi: 10.1136/thx.29.6.699.
, , 699-702. Coal workers and slate workers who were receiving in 1965 industrial disability benefit for pneumoconiosis were grouped according to the radiological extent of their disease and their disability assessment. They were followed up for 7·5 years. Standard mortality rates, and from these the percentage of all deaths which can be attributed to pneumoconiosis, were assessed. About 10% of the deaths in the coal workers and about 40% of those in the slate workers were found to be accelerated by their pneumoconiosis, the proportion varying directly with the radiological extent of the disease and with the disability assessment at the beginning of the survey.
1965年因尘肺病领取工业伤残津贴的煤矿工人和石板岩工人，根据其疾病的放射学程度和伤残评定进行分组。对他们进行了7.5年的随访。评估了标准死亡率，并据此评估了所有死亡中可归因于尘肺病的百分比。结果发现，煤矿工人中约10%的死亡以及石板岩工人中约40%的死亡因尘肺病而加速，这一比例与疾病的放射学程度以及调查开始时的伤残评定直接相关。
