A systematic review and meta-analysis on international studies of prevalence, mortality and survival due to coal mine dust lung disease.

<h4>Background</h4>Coal mine dust lung disease comprises a group of occupational lung diseases including coal workers pneumoconiosis. In many countries, there is a lack of robust prevalence estimates for these diseases. Our objective was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis o...

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Main Authors: Cynthia Lu, Paramita Dasgupta, Jessica Cameron, Lin Fritschi, Peter Baade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255617