Environmental Health Flashcards
1
Q
What is Siderosis?
A
Deposition of iron in tissue
2
Q
What are the two types of COPD?
A
- Emphysema (pink puffer)
- Bronchitis (blue bloaters)
3
Q
Give an example of a legislation which regulates air quality
A
Clean Air Act
4
Q
Give 6 examples of conditions which can be caused by Occupation
A
- Occupational asthma
- COPD
- Pneumoconiosis (many types)
- Pneumonitis
- Benign pleural disease
- Occupational lung cancer
5
Q
Give 5 examples of types of Pneumoconiosis
A
- Simple pneumoconiosis
- Complicated coal workers pneumoconiosis
- Silicosis
- Abestosis
- Siderosis
6
Q
Give two examples of Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
A
- Bird fancier’s lung
- Farmer’s lung
