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Farmer's lung

Nature

Farmer's lung is an allergic disease due to inhaled organic dusts, affecting mainly the alveoli. The main causes of the disease are the spores of certain thermophilic actinomycetes, particularly Micropolyspora faeni and, to a lesser degree, Thermoactinomyces vulgaris.

Broader

Pneumoconiosis
Presentable
Allergy
Presentable

Aggravated by

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero Hunger

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Agriculture, fisheries » Farming
  • Medicine » Lungs, throat
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
E6899
DOCID
11568990
D7NID
156399
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Oct 4, 2020