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Black lung disease: A chronic occupational lung disease contracted by the prolonged breathing of coal mine dust. The silica and carbon in the coal dust cause black lung disease.
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Pneumoconiosis - chronic disease of the lungs. Primarily an occupational disease of miners, sandblasters, and metal grinders, it is a result of repeated inhalation of dusts, including iron oxides silicates and carb...
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Black Lung Disease (Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis)
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Alternative Names:
Black lung disease; Pneumoconiosis
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Coal miners may be at risk for black lung disease.
Frequent, severe respiratory infections. Repeated lung infections, especially in childhood, may make you more likely to develop COPD later in life.
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