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Why the health scheme for coal workers is inadequate to detect black lung

  • Written by Malcolm Sim, Professor, Epidemiology & Preventative Medicine, Monash University

Authors: Malcolm Sim, Professor, Epidemiology & Preventative Medicine, Monash University

imageRadiologists will struggle to find black lung in x-rays if they haven't been told to look for it.from www.shutterstock.com.au

Recent cases of black lung in Queensland coal miners after many years of no known cases have raised important questions about...

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