Progressive Massive Fibrosis Identified at Federally Funded Black Lung Clinics in the US

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• Personal Author:
  Almberg KS ; Blackley DJ ; Cohen RA ; Edwards C ; Hall NB ; Harris DA ; Johnson B
• Description:
  Progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) is the most severe and disabling form of coal workers' pneumoconiosis. Between January 2013 and February 2017, 416 cases were identified in miners in 3 federally funded Black Lung Clinics in Virginia (Stone Mountain Health Services [SMHS]). To our knowledge, this is the largest reported cluster of PMF in the scientific literature. In 2019, the Health Resources and Services Administration required patient-level data collection by each of the 15 federally funded Black Lung Clinics (located in 11 states) and established the Black Lung Data and Resource Center to facilitate epidemiologic analyses. We provide an update on the burden of PMF in coal miners served by SMHS and describe PMF cases identified at all other US Black Lung Clinics. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Epidemiology Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Health Radiography Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Black Lung Disease Chest Radiography Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Lung Fibrosis Surveillance
• ISSN:
  0098-7484
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RHD - Respiratory Health Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  438-440
• Volume:
  331
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069087
• Citation:
  JAMA 2024 Feb; 331(5):438-440
• Contact Point Address:
  Drew A. Harris, MD, Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Virginia, Box 800546, Charlottesville, VA 22908
• Email:
  dh3mx@uvahealth.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Association
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:86b307c71ab947de3755d3ee407c6b7c1045c1de743295ce46edd24faad40810b4dd31ba4d6f60210d3b4bd4c73ead0fa29fa42992ef5f4040f44da7abd335d0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207633/cdc_207633_DS1.pdf
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