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Black Lung

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

the popular name for a form of the chronic lung disease pneumoconiosis which is observed among coal miners and is caused by the inhalation of coal dust It is thus named because of the black appearance of the lungs pneumomelanosis of those affected with the disease See also the related condition anthracosis

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