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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis (CWP)"”.
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Application of a TGA Method to Estimate Coal, Carbonate, and Non-carbonate Mineral Fractions as a Proxy for the Major Sources of Respirable Coal Mine Dust
Inhalation of respirable dust in coal mines is a serious occupational health hazard which can lead to the development of chronic and irreversible lung diseases, such as Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis (CWP) and Progressive Massive fibrosis (PMF). After the passage of the Federal Coal Mine Health and …
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An Improved Thermogravimetric Analysis Method for Respirable Coal Mine Dust and Comparison to Results by SEM-EDX
… exposures to high concentrations of respirable coal mine dust can lead to the development of lung diseases such as Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis, commonly referred to as "black lung", and silicosis. Since the mid-1990s, an alarming resurgence of diseases has been documented in central Appalachia, …