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Pneumoconiosis
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Pneumoconiosis (also called "Black Lung") is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust.
Types
Depending on the type of dust, variants of the disease are considered.
- Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (also known as "black lung") - coal dust
- Asbestosis - asbestos dust
- Silicosis (also known as "grinder's disease") - silica dust
- Bauxite fibrosis - bauxite dust
- Berylliosis - beryllium dust
- Siderosis - iron dust
- Byssinosis - cotton dust
- Silicosiderosis - mixed dust containing silica and iron
- Labrador Lung (found in miners in Labrador, Canada) - mixed dust containing iron, silica and anthophyllite, a type of asbestos
- Pneumoconiosis in combination with multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in rheumatoid arthritispatients is known as Caplan's syndrome.[1]
- Chalicosis
- Philip D'Arcy Hart
- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Other Work-related Lung Diseases
Popcorn workers lung disease - Diacetyl emissions and airborne dust from butter flavorings used in microwave popcorn production
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