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Descriptor English: Byssinosis
Descriptor Spanish: Bisinosis
Descriptor bisinosis
Scope note: Afección con BRONCOCONSTRICCIÓN que resulta de una reacción de hipersensibilidad al polvo inhalado producido durante el procesamiento inicial del algodón, lino o cáñamo de la industria textil. Los síntomas incluyen sibilancias y opresión en el pecho.
Descriptor Portuguese: Bissinose
Descriptor French: Byssinose
Entry term(s): Brown Lung
Brown Lung Disease
Brown Lung Diseases
Brown Lungs
Byssinoses
Tree number(s): C08.381.483.581.275
C08.381.520.702.275
C24.800.323
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002095
Scope note: A condition of BRONCHOCONSTRICTION resulting from hypersensitive reaction to inhaled dust during the initial processing of cotton, flax, or hemp in the textile industry. Symptoms include wheezing and tightness in the chest.
Annotation: do not coordinate with OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pneumoconiosis (1966-1968)
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(69)
DeCS ID: 2129
Unique ID: D002095
NLM Classification: WF 654
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Byssinosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0003120
Scope note A condition of BRONCHOCONSTRICTION resulting from hypersensitive reaction to inhaled dust during the initial processing of cotton, flax, or hemp in the textile industry. Symptoms include wheezing and tightness in the chest.
Preferred term Byssinosis
Entry term(s) Brown Lung
Brown Lung Disease
Brown Lung Diseases
Brown Lungs
Byssinoses



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