Advanced pneumoconiosis among working underground coal miners -- Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia, 2006.
Current regulations for U.S. underground coal mines, mandated by federal legislation in 1969 and amended in 1977, include provisions to prevent the occurrence of pneumoconiosis. However, in 2005 and 2006, clusters of rapidly progressing and potentially disabling pneumoconiosis were reported in certa...
| Publicado en: | MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Vol. 56; no. 26; pp. 652 - 656 |
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| Formato: | case study tables/charts Journal Article |
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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
7/6/2007
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