HSC 4201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Occupational Asthma, Asthma, Silicosis
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Occupational respiratory disorders are the result of the inhalation of toxic substances present in the workplace: the lungs can be a target organ as well as a portal of entry of toxic substances. Pneumoconiosis : one of the most important categories of lung diseases. It is a fibrotic lung disease caused by the inhalation of dusts. Especially mineral dusts: during 1979 to 2010, pneumoconiosis was either underlying or contributing case in more than 100,000 deaths in us workers, types of pneumoconiosis include: Historically, deaths from cwp outnumber all other types of. Is an acute or chronic lung disease that is caused by inhaling coal dust pneumoconiosis deaths. During the period from 1968 to 2010, there were 76,464 deaths attributed to cwp: making up more than 50% of all pneumoconiosis deaths, deaths from cwp have declines during the last 40 years.
