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PRO/EDR> Pneumoconiosis – USA: (VA,WV,KY) coal miners
Chronic/Non-Infectious Disease -- United StatesIt's 2018, and black lung disease is on the rise in Appalachia. Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) looked at 3 federally funded clinics between 2013 and 2017 and documented the largest cluster of advanced black lung disease -- ever. In that time period, the clinics treated 416 coal miners primarily from Virginia and Kentucky with complicated black lung, the most advanced stage of the disease.Not only are Read more [...]
