1. I wanted to be a coal miner, and that was a serious ambition, too. 2. What problems are there for the coal miners? 3. Northern coal miners observed a long Christmas break and from time to time proclaimed gaudy days on such occasions as hearing the first cuckoo. 4. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of dyspeptic symptoms and premalignant gastric lesions in coal miners and sex matched population control subjects. 5. Coal miners may be a suitable group for gastric premalignancy screening using an upper gastrointestinal symptom questionnaire and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. 6. We have therefore compared a group of coal miners and an age and sex matched group of subjects selected from the members of a general population screening study. 7. In addition, chewing tobacco is a common habit among coal miners. 8. Coal dust exposure is an occupational hazard for coal miners. 9. Another possible factor resulting in an increased gastric cancer risk is the more common use of tobacco by coal miners. 10. Coal miners usually earned more than farm or common labourers. |