(1) Moreover, pneumoconiosis may progress after miners retire.(2) The 77 year old recipient was bed bound with severe emphysema and pneumoconiosis .(3) Miners diagnosed with pneumoconiosis were informed of their condition, but, for socioeconomic reasons, they were not requested to leave their jobs.(4) Among individuals with certified occupational exposures to asbestos in the United States, 20% die of pneumoconiosis .(5) The breathing of coal and rock dust causes black lung, the common name given to the lung diseases pneumoconiosis and silicosis.
