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Descriptor
English
:
Pneumoconiosis
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Neumoconiosis
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Pneumoconiose
Synonyms
English
:
Bagassosis
Pneumoconioses
Tree Number:
C08.381.483.581
C08.381.520.702
C24.800
SP4.001.012.143.139
SP4.046.452.698.904.170
Definition
English
:
A diffuse parenchymal lung
disease
caused by
inhalation
of dust and by
tissue
reaction to their presence. These inorganic, organic, particulate, or vaporized matters usually are inhaled by
workers
in their occupational
environment
, leading to the various forms (
ASBESTOSIS
;
BYSSINOSIS
; and others).
Similar
air pollution
can also have deleterious effects on the general
population.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; index specific
pneumoconiosis
for which there is no MeSH term here + substance yielding dust, as
pneumoconiosis
in gold
mining
:
PNEUMOCONIOSIS
(IM) + GOLD (IM) +
MINING
(IM); do not coordinate with
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
History Note
English
:
66; BAGASSOSIS was see under PNEUMOCONIOSIS 1969-83
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
11438
Unique Identifier:
D011009
Occurrence in VHL
:
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