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Younger miners more likely to die from black lung disease than older generations

05.20.19 | American Thoracic Society

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Miners and Black Lung
Black lung disease more likely to claim lives of younger miners. Credit: ATS

ATS 2019, Dallas, TX -- Black lung disease and other non-malignant respiratory diseases appear to account for a greater proportion of deaths in younger generations of coal miners than in older generations of miners, according to research presented at ATS 2019. The researchers found that this trend was also true of deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.

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Session: B25 Occupational Exposures Including Deployment Related, Mining, and Agriculture
Abstract Presentation Time: Monday, May 20, 9:15 a.m. CT
Location: Trinity Ballroom 5-7 (Level 3), Omni Dallas Downtown

Keywords

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Coal Mining Engineering

Contact Information

Dacia Morris
Dmorris@thoracic.org

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APA:
American Thoracic Society. (2019, May 20). Younger miners more likely to die from black lung disease than older generations. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/80VGW5EL/younger-miners-more-likely-to-die-from-black-lung-disease-than-older-generations.html
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"Younger miners more likely to die from black lung disease than older generations." Brightsurf News, May. 20 2019, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/80VGW5EL/younger-miners-more-likely-to-die-from-black-lung-disease-than-older-generations.html.