Mineral dust airway disease

Mineral dust airway disease is due to inhaled mineral dust causing fibrosis and narrowing of primarily the respiratory bronchioles.^[1] It is distinct from pneumoconiosis which is due to lung tissue fibrosis but shares the same cause.^[1]

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