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Pneumoconiosis and chronic bronchitis.

D C Muir, J Burns, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, W H Walton

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Data from a major long-term epidemiological survey in the British coalmining industry were examined to determine whether bronchitis offered any protective action against the development of pneumoconiosis. No evidence of such an effect was found.

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Data from a major long-term epidemiological survey in the British coalmining industry were examined to determine whether bronchitis offered any protective action against the development of pneumoconiosis. No evidence of such an effect was found.

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Data from a major long-term epidemiological survey in the British coalmining industry were examined to determine whether bronchitis offered any protective action against the development of pneumoconiosis. No evidence of such an effect was found.

Key concepts: Pneumoconiosis, Chronic bronchitis, Bronchitis, Epidemiology, Medicine, Environmental health, Intensive care medicine, Internal medicine

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