title: Pneumoconiosis: an occupational hazard.
abstract: The use of radiography to detect pneumoconiosis is a familiar task to radiographers in coal mining states. This article includes a discussion on pneumoconiosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis (black lung) as well as the radiographic findings associated with pneumoconiosis and the federal act that established the black lung program in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0742.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Kirsh
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Malott
mesh_terms: D003032:Coal Mining; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D014481:United States