title: Major issues in miner health.
abstract: As recently as the last few decades, thousands of miners died in explosions, roof collapses, fires, and floods each year, and lung disease caused by inhaling mineral dusts was ubiquitous. Miners worked virtually unprotected, and were often treated as expendable bodies fulfilling critical roles in this important industry, which in the United States comprises about 5% of the gross domestic product.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joyce
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008906:Mining; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D016272:Occupational Health; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000209:etiology; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D004391:Dust