The University of Chicago Header Logo

Asbestosis

"Asbestosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers which elicit potent inflammatory responses in the parenchyma of the lung. The disease is characterized by interstitial fibrosis of the lung, varying from scattered sites to extensive scarring of the alveolar interstitium.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Asbestosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Asbestosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 5 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1995 and 1998 and 2002 and 2016 and 2020
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.