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pneumoconiosis
Pneumoconiosis is the general term for a class of interstitial lung disease where inhalation of dust (for example, ash dust, lead particles, pollen grains etc) has caused interstitial fibrosis. The three most common types are asbestosis, silicosis, and black lung disease. Pneumoconiosis often causes restrictive impairment, although diagnosable pneumoconiosis can occur without measurable impairment of lung function. Depending on extent and severity, it may cause death within months or years, or it may never produce symptoms. It is usually an occupational lung disease, typically from years of du
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- Micrograph of asbestosis (with ferruginous bodies), a type of pneumoconiosis. H&E stain.
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Research
23,163 papers- Pathology and Mineralogy of the Pneumoconioses.Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023
- Pneumoconiosis.Journal of chronic diseases · 1959
- Talc pneumoconiosis.A.M.A. archives of industrial health · 1955
- Pneumoconiosis of coal-miners.British medical journal · 1948
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10 sectionsContents
- Types
- Pathogenesis
- Diagnosis
- Epidemiology
- Treatment and prognosis
- Prevention
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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Pneumoconiosis is the general term for a class of interstitial lung disease where inhalation of dust (for example, ash dust, lead particles, pollen grains etc) has caused interstitial fibrosis. The three most common types are asbestosis, silicosis, and black lung disease. Pneumoconiosis often causes restrictive impairment, although diagnosable pneumoconiosis can occur without measurable impairment of lung function. Depending on extent and severity, it may cause death within months or years, or it may never produce symptoms. It is usually an occupational lung disease, typically from years of dust exposure during work in mining; textile milling; shipbuilding, ship repairing, and/or shipbreaking; sandblasting; industrial tasks; rock drilling (subways or building pilings); or agriculture. It is one of the most common occupational diseases in the world.
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