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Preferred term

Anthracosis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Black Lung
  • Black Lung Disease
  • Black Lung Diseases
  • Black Lungs
  • Coal Miner Lung
  • Coal Miner's Lung
  • Coal Miners Lung
  • Coal Miner's Lungs
  • Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis
  • Coalworker Pneumoconiosis
  • Coal Worker's Pneumoconioses
  • Coalworker's Pneumoconioses
  • Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis
  • Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis
  • Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis
  • Coalworkers Pneumoconiosis
  • Lung, Black
  • Lungs, Black
  • Miner's Lung, Coal
  • Miner's Lungs, Coal
  • Pneumoconioses, Coal Worker's
  • Pneumoconioses, Coalworker's
  • Pneumoconiosis, Coal Worker
  • Pneumoconiosis, Coal Worker's
  • Pneumoconiosis, Coal Workers
  • Pneumoconiosis, Coalworker's

Scope note

  • A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by accumulation of inhaled CARBON or coal dust. The disease can progress from asymptomatic anthracosis to massive lung fibrosis. This lung lesion usually occurs in coal MINERS, but can be seen in urban dwellers and tobacco smokers.

History note

  • 2009; use PNEUMOCONIOSIS 2008

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • anthracosilicosis pulmonum
  • anthracosis pulmonum
  • antrakoosi
  • antrakos
  • antrakosilikoosi
  • kivihiilityöntekijän keuhko
  • kolarbetarlunga
  • pneumoconiosis e pulvere anthracico
  • pneumokonios (dammlunga) orsakad av stenkolsdamm
  • Swedish

  • Sotrökslunga

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055008

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