sweeping, in the enclosed atmosphere ofa hut and tent.These activities have been considered to be responsible for the fact that desert lung is predominantly a disease of women.2"It would be interesting to know whether the woman farmer with massive fibrosis in the paper by Dr Norboo and others had performed any of these traditional chores.Furthermore, being a farmer, had she engaged in ploughing, or earth or well dig- ging, occupations which generate considerable dust exposure during the dry season?Are we truly dealing with progressive massive fibrosis of purely environmental origin?
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A 1991 study studied this question.