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
Aggravated by
SDG
Metadata
Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Subject
- Agriculture, fisheries » Farming
- Medicine » Lungs, throat
Content quality
Unpresentable
Language
English
Last update
Oct 4, 2020