Lung function in coalworkers' pneumoconiosis.
1987
M Huncharek
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008168
Lung
Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.
Lungs
D011009
Pneumoconiosis
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.
Bagassosis,Pneumoconioses
D003032
Coal Mining
The practice of extracting COAL from the earth.
Mining, Coal
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012907
Smoking
Willful or deliberate act of inhaling and exhaling SMOKE from burning substances or agents held by hand.