[Cases of atypical pulmonary diseases under influence of industrial aerosols]

Med Tr Prom Ekol. 2014:(10):31-5.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The article includes discharge epicrises of patients working in contact with quartz-containing dust, welding aerosol, cotton dust, irritant gases emitted in wood burning. Description covers cases of lung fibrosis, idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, systemic vasculitis with lungs involvement, sarcoidosis. The authors suggest that further accumulation of materials, further investigations of lung tissue state, epidemiologic studies will help to widen the list of occupational pulmonary diseases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aerosols / adverse effects*
  • Aged
  • Dust*
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / diagnosis
  • Lung Diseases / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Occupational Diseases / diagnosis
  • Occupational Diseases / etiology*
  • Occupational Exposure / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Aerosols
  • Dust