A pneumoconiosis patient shows the X-ray check result looking for possible bad effects of dust in his lungs at Liuzhai town in Xinmi city, Zhengzhou, Henan province in this file photo.

In China’s emerging high-dust industries, the allure of higher wages draws many young workers into the business. However, for them, exposure to lethal dust has led to an unexpected enemy: ...

Pneumoconiosis rarely causes symptoms. When symptoms develop, they can include cough (with or without mucus), wheezing and shortness of breath (especially during exercise).

BEIJING -- China now has over 900 rehabilitation stations for pneumoconiosis patients across the country, ensuring full coverage in towns and communities where these patients are most concentrated ...

Pneumoconiosis is a lung disease caused by excessive inhalation of dust or other particulate matter, with symptoms including cough, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. At the end of 2018, some ...

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To explore whether the characteristics of coal mine dust that predispose to chronic airways obstruction are the same as those associated with pneumoconiosis, mortality from the two diseases was ...

Pneumoconiosis is a potentially fatal disease caused by long exposure to coal dust, more commonly known as "black lung" because those with the disease have lungs that look black instead of a ...

This disease, coal workers’ pneumoconiosis or black lung, is preventable and was widely considered a thing of the past in Australian miners.

Dust exposure and pneumoconiosis were investigated in a South African pottery that manufactured wall tiles and bathroom fittings. This paper describes the objectives of the investigation and presents ...

First ever training of doctors on diagnosis of pneumoconiosis was held on Monday under the chairmanship of Dr Anil Saxena, state tuberculosis officer, who is also in charge of pneumoconiosis ...