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Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis Definition
Common names:
  • Black Lung Disease
  • Coal Miners' Lung
  • Coal Miners' Pneumoconiosis
  • Coal Pneumoconiosis
  • Coal Worker's Lung
  • Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis
  • Lung Damage from Coal Mining
  • Lung Disease from Coal Mining
  • Miner's Lung
  • Miner's Pneumoconiosis
  • Pneumoconiosis Coal Worker's
  • Pneumoconiosis Miner's
A person with coal worker's pneumoconiosis has inflammation of the air passageways in the lungs, caused by exposure to coal dust. Images

Coal workers pneumoconiosis occurs only after the long-term exposure to coal dust. Coal dust is not highly toxic, but can gradually damage the lungs over time.

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Last Updated: Oct 21, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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