Black Lung 
Subtitle: Anatomy of a Public Health Disaster
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Published: December 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780801482861
Subjects: Diseases & disorders; Public health & preventive medicine; United States; Legal status, laws, etc.; Industrial Health; Respiratory Diseases; Medical; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Lungs; Dust diseases; Health Care Issues; Coal miners; Health and hygiene; History
First sentence: On September 14, 1881, H. A. Lernen, professor of medicine at the University of Denver and president of the Colorado State Medical Society, presented a paper at the society's annual meeting.