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Estimating Counterfactual Risk Under Hypothetical Interventions in the Presence of Competing Events: Crystalline Silica Exposure and Mortality From 2 Causes of Death. [PDF]

, 2018
Exposure to silica has been linked to excess risk of lung cancer and nonmalignant respiratory disease mortality. In this study we estimated risk for both these outcomes in relation to occupational silica exposure as well as the reduction in risk that ...
Brown, Daniel, Checkoway, Harvey, Costello, Sadie, Eisen, Ellen, Gallagher, Lisa, Neophytou, Andreas, Picciotto, Sally   +6 more
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Occupational Lung Disease Risk and Exposure to Butter-Flavoring Chemicals after Implementation of Controls at a Microwave Popcorn Plant

Public health reports (1974), 2011
Richard Kanwal, Greg Kullman, Kathleen B. Fedan, Kathleen Kreiss   +3 more
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Is pesticide exposure a cause of obstructive airways disease? [PDF]

, 2014
Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Ayres, Jon G., Cowie, Hilary, Crawford, Joanne O, Devereux, Graham, Dick, Finlay, Dixon, Ken, Doust, Emma   +6 more
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MultiTex RCT – a multifaceted intervention package for protection against cotton dust exposure among textile workers – a cluster randomized controlled trial in Pakistan: study protocol

Trials, 2019
Background In the Pakistani textile industry the prevalence of workplace respiratory illnesses, including byssinosis, is high. The MultiTex RCT study aims to determine the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention package in reducing dust levels in ...
Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Sara De Matteis, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Peter Burney, David Coggon, Sean Semple, Paul Cullinan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational Lung Disease

Environmental Health Perspectives, 1984
Philip C. Pratt, J. B. L. Gee, W. K. C. Morgan, S. M. Brooks   +3 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Lung volumes identify an at-risk group in persons with prolonged secondhand tobacco smoke exposure but without overt airflow obstruction. [PDF]

, 2018
IntroductionExposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is associated with occult obstructive lung disease as evident by abnormal airflow indices representing small airway disease despite having preserved spirometry (normal forced expiratory volume in 1 s-to ...
Arjomandi, Mehrdad, Blanc, Paul D, Bos, Bruce, Elicker, Brett, Geerts, Jeroen, Gold, Warren M, Keene, Jason, Stiner, Rachel K, van Koeverden, Ian, Zeng, Siyang   +9 more
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Non-occupational physical activity and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and mortality outcomes: a dose–response meta-analysis of large prospective studies

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2023
Objective To estimate the dose–response associations between non-occupational physical activity and several chronic disease and mortality outcomes in the general adult population.
Leandro Garcia, M. Pearce, A. Abbas, A. Mok, T. Strain, S. Ali, A. Crippa, P. Dempsey, R. Golubic, P. Kelly, Y. Laird, E. McNamara, Samuel Moore, T. H. de Sá, A. Smith, K. Wijndaele, J. Woodcock, S. Brage   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A case of asbestos-related lung cancer: critical analysis and discussion of the medico-legal aspects [PDF]

GIornale Italiano di Psicologia e Medicina del Lavoro, 2021
Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral. There are six types, all of which are com- posed by long and thin fibrous crystals that can be released into the atmosphere by abrasion and other processes.
Dario MAZZARELLA, Pasquale BUONGIORNO, Pasquale VIETRI   +2 more
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A systematic review and meta-analysis on international studies of prevalence, mortality and survival due to coal mine dust lung disease

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background Coal mine dust lung disease comprises a group of occupational lung diseases including coal workers pneumoconiosis. In many countries, there is a lack of robust prevalence estimates for these diseases.
Cynthia Lu, Paramita Dasgupta, J. Kevin Cameron, L. Fritschi, P. Baade   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Challenges in Diagnosing Occupational Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Medicina, 2021
Occupational chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (oCOPD) represents 15–20% of the global burden of this disease. Even if industrial bronchitis has long been known, new occupational hazards continue to emerge and enlarge the number of people exposed to ...
Cristiana Libu, Marina Ruxandra Otelea, Ioan Anton Arghir, Agripina Rascu, Sabina Antonela Antoniu, Oana Cristina Arghir   +5 more
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