Prevalence Rates for Black Lung Epidemic Likely Underestimated for Coal Miners in Appalachia
Epidemiologists have recently declared coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, more commonly known as “black lung disease”, an epidemic in the economically underserved areas of eastern Kentucky, southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia. The epidemic was declared after black lung cases increased signif...
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| Language: | English |
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Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2019-08-01
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| Series: | Social Determinants of Health |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/sdh/article/view/25717 |