Occupational lung disease classification
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hadeel Maksoud M.D.[2]
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
- Occupational lung disease may be classified according to the type of inhalant into 3 groups:
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||