Objectives Pneumoconiosis remains a major global occupational health hazard and illness.
Accurate data on the incidence of pneumoconiosis are critical for health resource planning …

Background Pneumoconiosis refers to a class of serious diseases threatening the health of
workers exposed to coal or silicosis dust. However, the burden of pneumoconiosis is …

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) is one of the most serious occupational diseases
caused by long-term inhalation of coal dust (including dust from coal mining or pure coal …

Objectives This paper presents detailed analysis of the global and regional burden of
chronic respiratory disease arising from occupational airborne exposures, as estimated in …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour
Organization (ILO) are developing a joint methodology for estimating the national and global …

Objectives. To update prevalence estimates for coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP)
among working underground coal miners in the United States. Methods. We conducted a …

Background Silicosis, as an important type of pneumoconiosis, leads to progressive and
irreversible conditions from the beginning of inflammation and fibrosis. However, the data on …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour
Organization (ILO) are developing joint estimates of the work-related burden of disease and …

The article presents the results of an assessment by the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) of the prevalence, severity and geographic distribution of pneumoconiosis …

Nowadays, coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) is still believed to be the main
occupational disease in China. However, information on the exact prevalence of the disease …