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Compensation for occupational disease with multiple causes: The case of coal miners' respiratory diseases

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  • Weeks, J.L.
  • Wagner, G.R.

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Many diseases associated with occupational exposures are clinically indistinguishable from diseases with non-occupational causes. Given this, how are fair decisions made about eligibility for compensation? This problem is discussed in relation to the federal black lung program. Conflicting definitions of terms - coal workers' pneumoconiosis as defined by the medical profession, pneumoconiosis as defined by the United States Congress, and the popular term, black lung - are important considerations in this discussion. Each is embedded in different logical interpretations of the causes of occupational disease and of disability. Alternative views are presented and critically discussed.

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  • Weeks, J.L. & Wagner, G.R., 1986. "Compensation for occupational disease with multiple causes: The case of coal miners' respiratory diseases," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 76(1), pages 58-61.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1986:76:1:58-61_8
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