Derickson, Alan. <br/><br/>
Black Lung :  Anatomy of a Public Health Disaster. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (257 pages) 
<br/><br/>BLACK LUNG -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. They Spit a Black Substance -- 2. Twice a Boy -- 3. The Atmosphere of the Mine Is Now Vindicated -- 4. Sheep-like Acceptance of Half-Baked Statements -- 5. To Bits -- 6. Frightening Figures -- 7. Extreme Solidarity -- Notes -- Index. 
<br/><br/> In the definitive history of a twentieth-century public health disaster, Alan Derickson recounts how, for decades, the combined failure of government, medicine, and industry to halt the spread of black lung disease--and even to acknowledge its existence--resulted in a national tragedy, the effects of which are still being felt. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801471551 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lungs -- Dust diseases -- United States -- History.<br/>Coal miners -- Health and hygiene -- United States.<br/>Coal miners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC733.D44 2014eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.2/44