Work-Related Diseases
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Coal workers, pneumoconiosis of
Occupational Disease Coal workers, pneumoconiosis of
Coal workers, pneumoconiosis of Category Interstitial Lung Disease
Coal workers, pneumoconiosis of Severity
Chronic
Coal workers, pneumoconiosis of Synonyms
Coal workers' pneumoconiosis; CWP; Simple CWP; Black lung; Anthracosis; Miners' asthma
Information on Coal workers, pneumoconiosis of Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
Simple coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) is defined by the presence of small lung opacities that develop after at least ten years of exposure to coal dust. The disease is rarely seen in miners who have spent less than 20 years underground. Workers are often asymptomatic with normal pulmonary function studies. Chest x-ray findings resemble those of simple silicosis. Studies of miners with simple CWP have not shown increased mortality rates. [LaDou, p. 322] [Harber, p. 365] [Rosenstock, p. 833]
Coal workers, pneumoconiosis of Latency
". . . the condition is rarely seen in those who have spent less than 20 years underground." [p. 322, LaDou]
Coal workers, pneumoconiosis of References
http://www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/coaldust.html