Coal workers' pneumoconiosis and progressive massive fibrosis are increasingly more prevalent among workers in small underground coal mines in the United States

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 428-431

  Laney, A Scott ^a   Attfield, Michael D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COAL WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MASSIVE FIBROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHRACOSIS; COAL MINING; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953730788     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.050757     Document Type: Article

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