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UK
/njˌuːməkˈəʊnɪˈəʊsɪs/
]
NOUN
- chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles
How To Use pneumoconiosis In A Sentence
- Moreover, pneumoconiosis may progress after miners retire.
- Other health hazards specific to underground coal mining include coal dust, which can cause coal workers pneumoconiosis or anthracosis, often combined with silicosis. Chapter 8
- Black lung disease, also called pneumoconiosis, is caused by breathing in coal dust. AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
- Among individuals with certified occupational exposures to asbestos in the United States, 20% die of pneumoconiosis.
- The medical evidence was that pneumoconiosis is caused by a gradual accumulation in the lungs of minute particles of silica inhaled over a period of years.
- More than 170,000 miners have been killed in tunnel collapses, explosions, and floods, a death rate per ton at least thirty times higher than that in the United States.12 Countless more will perish prematurely of pneumoconiosis, also known as black lung disease, because there is little or no protection from the dust in the enclosed tunnels. When a Billion Chinese Jump
- Pneumoconiosis Field Research had carried out research from 1954 to establish the relationship between dust exposure and the prevalence of pneumoconiosis among coalface workers.
- Study on Survival Years of Pneumoconiosis Patients by Life Table Correlation - Regression.
- In addition, silicosis, unlike other forms of pneumoconiosis, may predispose certain individuals to development of pulmonary tuberculosis. Volcanic Ash -- Effects on Health and Mitigation Strategies
- Miners diagnosed with pneumoconiosis were informed of their condition, but, for socioeconomic reasons, they were not requested to leave their jobs.
