Pneumoconiosis
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Background
Pneumoconiosis is a chronic inflammatory lung disease caused by inhalation of particles, typically occupationally related, that typically results in pulmonary fibrosis and eventually restrictive lung disease. The following is a list of different types of pneumoconiosis related to different inhaled particles:
- Asbestosis: shipping, roofing, plumbing
- Berylliosis: aerospace, fluorescent bulbs
- Byssinosis: cotton
- Silicosis: foundries, sandblasting, mines
- Coal worker's lung: coal
- Siderosis: iron
- Stannosis: tin
References
- Meyer KC. Beryllium and lung disease. Chest. Sep 1994;106(3):942-6.
- Kreiss K, Miller F, Newman LS, Ojo-Amaize EA, Rossman MD, Saltini C. Chronic beryllium disease--from the workplace to cellular immunology, molecular immunogenetics, and back. Clin Immunol Immunopathol. May 1994;71(2):123-9.