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1. Aging changes in the lungs : Information
The lungs have two primary functions: to acquire oxygen from the air, which is required for life, and to remove carbon dioxide from the body. Carbon dioxide is a byproduct of many of the chemical reactions that sustain life.
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2. Black Lung Disease
Black lung disease is the common name for coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) or anthracosis, a lung disease of older workers in the coal industry, caused by inhalation, over many years, of small amounts of coal dust.
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3. Black Lung : Search Results - healthfinder.gov - Your Source for Reliable Health Information
This document provides information to help protect yourself if you are exposed to coal dust on the job or elsewhere.... Details >
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4. Black Lung Disease
Black lung disease is a common name for any lung disease developing from inhaling coal dust. This name comes from the fact that those with the disease have lungs that look black instead of pink. Medically, it is a...
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5. Work-Related Lung Disease:Volume 1: Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis: Black Lung Benefits| CDC/NIOSH
Home > Volume 1: Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis and Related Exposures > Volume 1: Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis: Black Lung Benefits
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6. black cohosh Information - Drugs and Treatments - MedHelp
The use of black cohosh in cultural and traditional settings may differ from concepts accepted by current Western medicine. When considering the use of herbal supplements, consultation with a primary health care professional is advisable. Addition...
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7. Download Data for Cancer of the Lung, Trachea, Bronchus, and Pleura, Males, Black by SEA, 1970-94
SEA (State Economic Area): 3-digit FIPS code preceded by "57" RATEBM: mortality rate per 100,000, age-adjusted to the 1970 US population; COUNTBM: number of deaths; LBBM: lower bound of the 95% confidence interval on the mortality rate; UBBM: uppe...
Nat\'l Cancer Institute

8. Information Gap Could Delay Lung Cancer Therapy in Blacks
MONDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans are more likely than whites to have beliefs and perceptions about lung cancer that could interfere with prevention and treatment, new study findings suggest.
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9. Black Lung Payment System
All Part B Black Lung (BL) beneficiaries entitled to receive a BL benefit 10/02/97 or earlier, and beneficiaries whose entitlement ended 10/02/97 or earlier because of a termination event as defined in the Black Lung Benefits Act. ...
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10. Black lung disease definition - eMedicineHealth - experts in everyday emergencies, first aid and health information
Black lung disease: 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...
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