Available on the ILO website free of charge
2022 revised edition of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses
3 March 2023
The 2022 revised edition of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses is available on the ILO website free of charge: www.ilo.org/radiographs or www.ilo.org/pneumoconioses.
The ILO Classification consists of the Guidelines for the use of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconiosis along with a set of standard radiographs. The Guidelines is a technical publication designed to standardise classification methods and to facilitate international comparison of pneumoconiosis statistics and research reports.
The Classification provides a means for describing and recording systematically the radiographic abnormalities in the chest provoked by the inhalation of dusts. It is used to describe radiographic abnormalities that occur in any type of pneumoconiosis and is designed for classifying only the appearances seen on postero-anterior chest radiographs.
The object of the ILO Classification is to codify the radiographic abnormalities of the pneumoconioses in a simple, reproducible manner. The ILO Classification is used internationally for epidemiological research, for screening and surveillance of those in dusty occupations, and for clinical purposes.
The ILO Classification consists of the Guidelines for the use of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconiosis along with a set of standard radiographs. The Guidelines is a technical publication designed to standardise classification methods and to facilitate international comparison of pneumoconiosis statistics and research reports.
The Classification provides a means for describing and recording systematically the radiographic abnormalities in the chest provoked by the inhalation of dusts. It is used to describe radiographic abnormalities that occur in any type of pneumoconiosis and is designed for classifying only the appearances seen on postero-anterior chest radiographs.
The object of the ILO Classification is to codify the radiographic abnormalities of the pneumoconioses in a simple, reproducible manner. The ILO Classification is used internationally for epidemiological research, for screening and surveillance of those in dusty occupations, and for clinical purposes.