Farmer's lung in an iron foundry.
Two cases are described of the development of an allergic alveolitis in women working with straw as a packing material in an iron foundry. The clinical picture and results of investigations supported a diagnosis of farmer's lung qualifying the patients for payment of industrial disablement benefit.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005203:Farmer's Lung / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron; D008669:Metallurgy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis*
D007501:Iron