<unk>  is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust. Depending on the type of dust, variants of the disease are considered. Frequent types are asbestosis, coal miner's lung, silicosis, and berylliosis. Rare types include siderosis, byssinosis, and talcosis.<unk>  involve the particles causing irreversible lung damage and there is heavy emphasis on prevention through safety precautions at workplace settings.  To be qualified as a<unk>  or occupational disease there must be four criteria met. This includes documented exposure to the particle, a latent period before the development of symptoms, clinical signs and symptoms that entail the disease, and finally exclusion of other disease modalities.  There is no cure for the diseases and patients generally enter pulmonary rehabilitation programs and can become candidates for transplants during the end stages.
Pneumoconiosis
Atypical pneumonia
Emphysema
Chemical pneumonitis
Bronchiectasis
Silicosis
Bronchomalacia
Asbestosis