Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust.

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Depending on the type of dust, variants of the disease are considered.

Types include:

• Anthracosis - carbon dust 

• Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (also known as "black lung") - coal dust 

• Asbestosis - asbestos dust 

• Silicosis (also known as "grinder's disease") - silica dust 

• Bauxite fibrosis - bauxite dust 

• Berylliosis - beryllium dust 

• Siderosis - iron dust 

• Byssinosis - cotton dust 

• Silicosiderosis - mixed dust containing silica and iron 

• Labrador Lung (found in miners in Labrador, Canada) - mixed dust containing iron, silica and anthophyllite, a type of asbestos 

 

Pneumoconiosis in combination with multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in rheumatoid arthritis patients is known as Caplan's syndrome.

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Information source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumoconiosis