Pulmonary dust diseases and carcinogenic agents

    Cards (16)

    • Dust particles below 5 microns in diameter are called _____

      respirable
    • Pnuemonic anthrax is caused by ____
      inhalation of wool dust containing the spores
    • ________ which causes X-ray opacities (nodulation) without symptoms or disability is caused by inhalation of iron, barium and tin dust
      Benign pneumoconiosis
    • _____ is caused by prolonged exposure (7-10 years) to cotton dust in the textile industry especially in the ginning, bale opening and carding
      byssinosis
    • Pneumoconiosis is disabling pulmonary fibrosis that results from inhalation of various types of ________
      inorganic dust
    • Results from the inhalation of respirable particles of free crystalline silica (SiO)
      Silicosis
    • Caused by inhalation of asbestos fibres
      asbestosis
    • Arsenic affects
      skin and lungs
    • Chromium compounds, hexavalents affects _____
      lungs
    • Lungs and nasal sinus?

      Nickel
    • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons affects

      skin
    • Skin, scrotum, lung, bladder?
      coal tar
    • Benzol affects
      blood (leukaemia)
    • B-naphthalamine
      bladder
    • Ionizing radiation affects ___
      skin, bone, lung, blood
    • Lungs, pleura, peritoneum
      asbestos
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