Wörterbuch (en): Asbestosis
- Asbestosis
- Asbestos
- Crysotile / White asbestos
de:
Asbestose (f) / Asbestlunge (f)
fr:
Asbestose (m) / Amiantose (m)
it:
Asbestosi
es:
Asbestosis (f)
A disease of the lung and a part of the so-called pneumoconioses (dust lung diseases). It is caused by inhaled asbestos dust, the use of asbestos has therefore been banned in Austria and Switzerland since 1990, in Germany since 1993 and throughout the EU since 2005.