PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | lung disease |
| Phenotype | C0032273|pneumoconiosis |
| Sentences | 3 |
| PubMedID- 24739899 | Background: pneumoconiosis is a form of diffuse interstitial lung disease, often resulting from occupational exposures. |
| PubMedID- 26159651 | pneumoconiosis is a group of occupational lung diseases caused by inhaled dust particles and fibres, which causes inflammation of the pulmonary parenchyma leading to fibrosis. |
| PubMedID- 26020403 | pneumoconiosis is a group of occupational lung diseases associated with the inhalation of mineral dusts and reaction of lung tissue to them, which eventually induce irreversible lung damage.1 the global burden of disease study disclosed that approximately 125,000 deaths per year resulted from pneumoconiosis as of 2010.2 in the united states, pneumoconiosis resulted in 1000 to 2000 hospitalizations per year and accounted for 525 deaths in 2007.3 the principal cause of pneumoconiosis is workplace exposure, mostly exposure to inorganic mineral particles such as coal dust, crystalline silica, and asbestos. |
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