Ch7 Major Diseases

Question 1

Most common type of work-related illness

Answer 1

occupational lung diseases

Question 2

pulmonary fibrosis vs obstructive lung disease

Answer 2

PF- restricted lung volume, interstitial pulmonary markings seen on X-ray
Obstructive lung disease- prevent complete exhale of air from lungs (due to narrowing of airways or lung damage)

Question 3

asthma and COPD are what type of lung disease

Answer 3

obstructive occupational lung disease

Question 4

occupations w exposure to inorganic dust

Answer 4

mining, construction, agriculture, manufacturing (silica, coal, fiber glass, asbestos)

Question 5

occupational exposures to organic dusts

Answer 5

production of rubber,plastic, show repair, textile weaving, cotton fibers, wood particles

Question 6

exposure to leather dust can cause what kind of cancer

Answer 6

nasal cancer

Question 7

what is pneumoconioses and examples

Answer 7

accumulation of dust in the lungs and tissue reactions to its presence, can result in fibrosis of lungs; ex: asbestos (mesothelioma), cotton dust (byssinosis), silicon-containing dust (silicosis), coat dust (black lung disease/coal workers’ pneumoconiosis)

Question 8

significance of Irving Selikoff

Answer 8

IDed hazards of asbestos (linked to cancer)

Question 9

what is asbestos-associated mesothelioma

Answer 9

rare form of cancer in chest lining

Question 10

most common disease caused by mineral dusts in world

Answer 10

black lung disease/ coal workers’ pneumoconiosis

Question 11

1st report of workplace exposures associated w human cancers

Answer 11

percival pott and scrotal cancer among chimney sweeps

Question 12

Most common occupational lung disease

Answer 12

Work related asthma

Question 13

2nd most frequent occupational disease

Answer 13

Skin diseases