Anthracosis
"Anthracosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by accumulation of inhaled CARBON or coal dust. The disease can progress from asymptomatic anthracosis to massive lung fibrosis. This lung lesion usually occurs in coal miners, but can be seen in urban dwellers and tobacco smokers.
| Descriptor ID |
D055008
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.381.483.581.062 C08.381.520.702.062
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| Concept/Terms |
Anthracosis- Anthracosis
- Anthracoses
- Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis
- Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis
- Coal Worker's Pneumoconioses
- Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis
- Pneumoconioses, Coal Worker's
- Pneumoconiosis, Coal Worker's
- Pneumoconiosis, Coal Worker
- Pneumoconiosis, Coal Workers
- Black Lung
- Black Lungs
- Lung, Black
- Lungs, Black
- Coal Miner's Lung
- Coal Miner Lung
- Coal Miner's Lungs
- Coal Miners Lung
- Miner's Lung, Coal
- Miner's Lungs, Coal
- Black Lung Disease
- Black Lung Diseases
- Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis
- Coalworker Pneumoconiosis
- Coalworker's Pneumoconioses
- Coalworkers Pneumoconiosis
- Pneumoconioses, Coalworker's
- Pneumoconiosis, Coalworker's
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anthracosis" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.