Coal worker's pneumoconiosis: A lung disease caused by breathing in coal dust. The condition is generally associated with employees in the coal industry. Symptoms usually resolve when exposure to coal dust stops. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Coal worker's pneumoconiosis is available below.
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Coal worker's pneumoconiosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Coal worker's pneumoconiosis, or a subtype of Coal worker's pneumoconiosis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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