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Published on in Vol 10 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/89412, first published .
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Novel Occupational and Environmental Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Coal Miners: Longitudinal Cohort Study

Novel Occupational and Environmental Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Coal Miners: Longitudinal Cohort Study

Tyler H Kim   1 ;   Xin W Shore   1 , PhD ;   Orrin B Myers   1 , PhD ;   Akshay Sood   2, 3 , MBBS, MPH, MBA

1 Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States

2 Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States

3 Miners Colfax Medical Center, Raton, NM, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Akshay Sood, MBBS, MPH, MBA
  • Department of Internal Medicine
  • University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
  • MSC09 5220 / 1 University of New Mexico
  • Albuquerque, NM 87131
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 505 272 4751
  • Email: asood@salud.unm.edu