Coal dust
Intervention1 paper1 finding
- Humans1
Associations
1High-frequency hearing loss
upin humans1OR 1.62Low certainty
1 study
High-frequency hearing loss
upin humans1OR 1.62Low certainty
Coal dust raises the risk of high-frequency hearing loss in humans (OR 1.620, 95% CI 1.198-2.190).
Humanscompared with noise exposure alone
Association between combined occupational exposure to coal dust and noise and high-frequency hearing loss among workers: a cross-sectional study · Frontiers in public health · 4 Sep 2026