Open AccessContinued Increase in Prevalence of Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis in the United States, 1970–2017
Author(s) -
David J. Blackley,
Cara N. Halldin,
A. Scott Laney
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2018.304517
Subject(s) - pneumoconiosis , appalachia , medicine , environmental health , west virginia , public health , coal mining , coal , demography , gerontology , geography , archaeology , pathology , paleontology , sociology , biology
To update prevalence estimates for coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) among working underground coal miners in the United States.