LUNG-DISEASE IN FARMERS
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 116 (4) , 391-394
Abstract
Lung diseases in farmers attributable to their occupation include farmer''s lung, caused by exposure to moldy hay, asthma caused by exposure to grain dust and silo-filler''s disease. Their prevalence in Canada is unknown. Farmer''s lung results from inhalation of mold spores in hay; the mechanism is immunologic. The exact cause and mechanism of grain dust asthma are unknown but may be immunologic. Silo-filler''s disease is caused by the toxic effects of inhaled NO2.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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