Black lung disease (BLD), also known as coal-mine dust lung disease, or simply black lung, is an occupational type of pneumoconiosis caused by long-term...
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Interstitial lung disease (ILD), or diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), is a group of respiratory diseases affecting the interstitium (the tissue)...
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Black lung may refer to: Black lung, or black lung disease, the common name for coalworker's pneumoconiosis, a disease caused by long-term exposure to...
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Occupational lung diseases comprise a broad group of diseases, including occupational asthma, industrial bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
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Pneumoconiosis (redirect from Welder's lung)
miner's lung, black lung or anthracosis) – coal, carbon Aluminosis – Aluminium Asbestosis – asbestos Silicosis (also known as "grinder's disease" or Potter's...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation...
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medical benefits to coal miners totally disabled from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) arising from employment in or around the nation's coal mines. The...
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Pulmonary fibrosis (redirect from Fibrotic lung disease)
and lung cancer. Causes include environmental pollution, certain medications, connective tissue diseases, infections, and interstitial lung diseases. However...
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Coal dust (category Occupational diseases)
conclusions were ignored at the time. Coalworker's pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, is caused by inhaling coal dust, typically dust produced in coal...
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Chronic lung diseases, such as pneumoconiosis (black lung) were once common in miners, leading to reduced life expectancy. In some mining countries black lung...
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