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 …

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' …

Exposure to dust from the mining environment has historically resulted in epidemic levels of
mortality and morbidity from pneumoconiotic diseases such as silicosis, coal workers' …

Coal mining in China is continually increasing, and the associated emitted coal mine dust is
of growing environmental and occupational concern. In this study, deposited coal mine dust …

Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel in the world. Because of the growth of coal mining, coal-
fired power plants and coal-burning industries, the increase of the emission of particulates …

Objective: To evaluate the component of coal responsible for coal workers' pneumoconiosis
(CWP). Methods: A literature search of PubMED was conducted to address studies that have …

China has high and increasing annual rates of occupational lung diseases such as
pneumoconiosis and silicosis. In contrast, Australia and the United States of America (USA) …

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 …

In the late 1990s, despite years of efforts to understand and reduce coal worker's
pneumoconiosis (CWP) prevalence from more than 30% in 1970 to less than 4.2%, the level …

Background and objective Coal mine dust has a complex and heterogeneous chemical
composition. It has been suggested that coal particle chemistry plays a critical role in …