Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis (CWP) is a disease of the lung resulting from the long-term inhalation of microscopic dust particles which was most commonly seen in coal worker’s, hence the name. CWP affects the small airways and alveoli of the lung, particularly in the upper zones.
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