As one of the most important energy resources in the world, coal contributes a great deal to
the world economy. Coal mining and processing involve multiple dust generation processes …

Silicosis not a disease of the past. It is an irreversible, fibrotic lung disease specifically
caused by exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust. Over 20,000 incident cases of …

Objectives. To update prevalence estimates for coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP)
among working underground coal miners in the United States. Methods. We conducted a …

Objectives Pneumoconiosis remains a major global occupational health hazard and illness.
Accurate data on the incidence of pneumoconiosis are critical for health resource planning …

Chemical and physical properties of coal dust particles significantly influence the inhalation
of respirable coal dust by miners, causing several lung diseases such as coal workers' …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review summarizes recent research on pneumoconiosis in
coal workers following the identification of the resurgence of this disease among US coal …

There are 2 primary goals of this overview. The first is to provide an update on the already
significant body of literature on silicosis, with emphasis on emerging exposure settings and …

This study aims to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based model to assist radiologists in
pneumoconiosis screening and staging using chest radiographs. The model, based on …

Respirable dust pollution at an underground heading face driven with continuous miner was
detected during a ventilation survey. In order to obtain fundamental understandings of the …

This review provides an overview of literature addressing progressive massive fibrosis
(PMF) from September 2009 to the present. Advances are described in understanding its …