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Descriptor English:

Pneumoconiosis

Descriptor Spanish:

Neumoconiosis

Descriptor Portuguese:

Pneumoconiose

Synonyms English:

Bagassosis

Tree Number:

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:

Record Number:

11438

Unique Identifier:

D011009

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