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Occupational lung disease classification

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Occupational lung disease may be classified according to the type of inhalant into 3 groups: inorganic dust, organic dust, and agents other than inorganic and organic dust.

Classification

Classification

For a full classfication of occupational lung disease, please scroll down

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Occupational lung disease
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic dust
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inorganic dust
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agents other than organic or inorganic agents
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thermophilic and true fungi
 
Bacteria and animal proteins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Silicates
 
 
 
 
Carbons
 
 
 
 
 
Metals
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chemicals, gases, fumes, vapors and aerosols
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
• Farmer’s lung (Macropolyspora faeni)
• Grain handler’s lung (Thermactinomyces vulgaris)
• Humidifier or air conditioner lung (T. sacchari)
• Aspergillus
• Cryptostroma corticale
• Aureobasidium pullulans
• Penicillium species
 
• Bacillus subtilis
• B. cereus
• Bird fancier’s disease
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
• Silica (“silicosis”)
• Asbestos (“asbestosis”)
• Talc (hydrated Mg silicates; “talcosis”)
• Kaolin or “china clay” (hydrated aluminum silicate)
• Beryllium (“berylliosis”)
• Mica (principally K and Mg aluminum silicates)
• Portland cement
• Aluminum silicates (sericite, sillimanite, zeolite)
• Nepheline (hard rock containing mixed silicates)
• Diatomaceous earth (Fuller’s earth, aluminum silicate with Fe and Mg)
 
 
 
 
• Coal dust (“coal worker’s pneumoconiosis”)
• Graphite (“carbon pneumoconiosis”)
 
 
 
 
 
• Tin (“stannosis”)
• Aluminum
• Hard metal dusts (cadmium, tungsten, titanium and cobalt)
• Iron (“siderosis”)
• Antimony
• Hematite (mixed dusts of iron oxide, silica and silicates; “siderosilicosis”)
• Mixed dusts of silver and iron oxide (“argyrosiderosis”)
• CuSO4 neutralized with hydrated lime (Bordeaux mixture; “vineyard sprayer’s lung”)
• Rare earths (cerium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanum)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chemical sources:
• Synthetic – fiber lung (Orlon, polyesters, nylon, acrylic)
• Bakelite worker’s lung pathways
• Vinyl chloride, polyvinyl chloride powder
Gases:
• Oxygen
• Oxides of nitrogen
• Sulfur dioxide
• Chlorine gas
• Methyl isocyanate
Fumes:
• Oxides of zinc, copper, manganese, cadmium, iron, magnesium, nickel, brass, selenium, tin, and antimony
• Diphenylmethane diisocyanate
• Trimellitic anhydride toxicity
Vapors:
• Hydrocarbons
• Thermosetting resins (rubber tire workers)
• Toluene diisocyanate (TDI – asthmatic reactions prominent)
• Oxygen
• Mercury
Aerosols:
• Oils
• Fats
• Pyrethrum (a natural insecticide)
References

References

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hadeel Maksoud M.D.[2]