Black lung disease is common in

Question

Black lung disease is common in (A) coal miners (B) refinery workers (C) petrochemical industry (D) farmers

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Black lung is a man-made, occupational lung disease contracted by prolonged breathing of coal mine dust. The disease is called "black lung" because it causes the lungs to look black instead of pink. Medically, it is a type of pneumoconiosis called coal worker's pneumoconiosis.

Q. Black lung disease is common in

coal miners

refinery workers

petrochemical industry

farmers

Black lung is a man-made, occupational lung disease contracted by prolonged breathing of coal mine dust. The disease is called "black lung" because it causes the lungs to look black instead of pink. Medically, it is a type of pneumoconiosis called coal worker's pneumoconiosis.