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. 2014 Sep 15;190(6):708-9.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.201407-1286LE.

Resurgence of a debilitating and entirely preventable respiratory disease among working coal miners

David J Blackley  1 , Cara N Halldin, A Scott Laney
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Resurgence of a debilitating and entirely preventable respiratory disease among working coal miners

David J Blackley et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Prevalence of progressive massive fibrosis among working underground coal miners with 25 or more years of underground mining tenure (1974–2012) in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, according to the Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program. Data are 5-year moving average (e.g., data plotted for 1974 = ∑​[PMF1970+PMF1971+PMF1972+PMF1973+PMF1974]∑​Participants1970−1974; surveillance is conducted on a 5-year national cycle).
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