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Neumoconiosis de los mineros del carbón - Prevención

Nombres alternativos

Enfermedad del pulmón negro; Pneumoconiosis; Antrosilicosis

Prevención:

Se recomienda usar una máscara protectora al trabajar en lugares donde hay carbón mineral, grafito o carbón artificial. Las compañías deben hacer cumplir los niveles máximos de polvo permitidos.

Los pulmones

Pulmones de un trabajador del carbón; rayos X

Neumoconiosis del minero en etapa II

Neumoconiosis del minero, Etapa II #2

Neumoconiosis complicada del minero

Neumoconiosis en trabajadores del carbón; complicada #2

Sistema respiratorio

Fecha de revisión: 3/16/2007
Versión en inglés revisada por:David A. Kaufman, M.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Mason RJ, Murray J, VC Broaddus, Nadel J. Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2005:1758-1763.

Noble J. Textbook of Primary Care Medicine. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2001:694-697.

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