Increased odds of mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease and lung cancer are highest among US coal miners born after 1939.
Kirsten S AlmbergCara N HalldinLee S FriedmanLeonard H T GoCecile S RoseNoemi B HallRobert A CohenPublished in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2023)
US coal miners have excess mortality from NMRD and lung cancer compared with total US and Appalachian populations. Mortality is highest in the most recent birth cohorts, perhaps reflecting increased rates of severe pneumoconiosis.