Pneumoconiosis
Etiology
Etiology
Etiology
Metal dusts
- Siderosis (mining, welding)
- Stannosis (mining, tin-working, smelting)
- Baritosis (glass & insecticide manufacturing)
Coal dust - Coal worker's pneumoconiosis (common)
Inorganic dusts - Silicosis (rock mining, stone cutting; common)
Silicate dusts - Asbestosis (mining, insulation, construction, ship-building; common)
- Talcosis (mining, insulation, construction, ship-building)
- Kaolin pneumoconiosis (pottery, cement work)
- Shaver's disease (corundum manufacture)
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