Q116: Pneumoconiosis associated with inhalation of "Coal Dust” is called - Environmental Hygiene - Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology- ICAR JRF/SRF 2024 | Agrigyan
Anthracosis (Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, black lung disease) is the occupational lung pathology caused by chronic inhalation and alveolar deposition of coal dust and carbon particles.
Other Occupational Pneumoconioses:
Bagassosis: Inhalation of bagasse (sugarcane fiber) dust contaminated with Thermoactinomyces sacchari.
Byssinosis (Monday fever): Inhalation of cotton, flax, or hemp dust.
Silicosis: Inhalation of crystalline silica (quartz) dust in quarrying, mining, and sandblasting.
Correct option: (4) Anthracosis
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