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Descriptor English:   Pneumoconiosis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Neumoconiosis 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Pneumoconiose 
Synonyms English:   Bagassosis
Pneumoconioses  
Tree Number:   C08.381.483.581
C08.381.520.702
C24.800
SP4.012.143.139
SP4.046.452.698.904.170
Definition English:   A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by inhalation of dust and by tissue reaction to their presence. These inorganic, organic, particulate, or vaporized matters usually are inhaled by workers in their occupational environment, leading to the various forms (ASBESTOSIS; BYSSINOSIS; and others). Similar air pollution can also have deleterious effects on the general population. 
Indexing Annotation English:   general or unspecified; prefer specifics; index specific pneumoconiosis for which there is no MeSH term here + substance yielding dust, as pneumoconiosis in gold mining: PNEUMOCONIOSIS (IM) + GOLD (IM) + MINING (IM); do not coordinate with OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
History Note English:   66; BAGASSOSIS was see under PNEUMOCONIOSIS 1969-83 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification CO complications
CN congenital DI diagnosis
DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   11438 
Unique Identifier:   D011009 

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