See Also: Black lung disease(health)
black lung(medicine)
rheumatoid lung disease(medicine)
interstitial lung disease(medicine)
occupational lung disease(medicine)
obstructive lung disease(medicine)
asbestos lung disease(medicine)
lung fluke disease(medicine)
eosinophilic lung disease(medicine)
basilar interstitial lung disease(medicine)

Black lung disease (health)


A chronic occupational lung disease contracted by the prolonged breathing of coal mine dust. The silica and carbon in the coal dust cause black lung disease. About one of every 20 miners studied in the US has X-ray evidence of black lung disease, a form of pneumoconiosis.