Respiratory diseases caused by coal mine dust

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages S18-S22

  Laney, A Scott ^a   Weissman, David N ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; DUST;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COAL MINE DUST LUNG DISEASE; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SILICOSIS; UNITED STATES; AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUST; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COAL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84915798364     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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