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Miners, silica and disability : the bi-national interplay between South Africa and the United Kingdom, c1900-1930s [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper investigates silicosis as a disabling disease in underground mining in the United Kingdom (UK) before Second World War, exploring the important connections between South Africa and the UK and examining some of the issues raised at the 1930 ...
McIvor, Arthur
core   +1 more source

Air Pollution‐Induced Epigenetic Regulation in Respiratory Diseases: Mechanisms, Dysregulation, and Therapeutic Opportunities

open access: yesMedComm – Future Medicine, Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2025.
Air pollution, a major global health hazard, contributes to asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary fibrosis, and lung cancer via four core epigenetic pathways (DNA/RNA methylation, noncoding RNAs, and histone modifications), shaping gene expression and driving disease pathogenesis.
Ruitong Zeng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disease burden and trends of different types of pneumoconiosis among Chinese males

open access: yes环境与职业医学
BackgroundPneumoconiosis is a prevalent and severely harmful occupational disease in China.ObjectiveTo estimate disease burden and trends of different types of pneumoconiosis among Chinese males from 1992 to 2021, and to provide insights for ...
Yichun SHEN   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Targeting the Secretin Receptor in Macrophages Attenuates Silica‐Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis

open access: yesCell Proliferation, Volume 58, Issue 12, December 2025.
Targeting macrophage SCTR mitigates integrated profibrotic, inflammatory, ER stress, and senescent pathways, preserving lung function and revealing a novel therapeutic strategy for silicosis.
Yaqian Li   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health requirements for advanced coal extraction systems [PDF]

open access: yes
Health requirements were developed as long range goals for future advanced coal extraction systems which would be introduced into the market in the year 2000.
Zimmerman, W. F.
core   +1 more source

Differential protein folding and chemical changes in lung tissues exposed to asbestos or particulates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Environmental and occupational inhalants may induce a large number of pulmonary diseases, with asbestos exposure being the most risky. The mechanisms are clearly related to chemical composition and physical and surface properties of materials.
Bedolla Diana, E   +14 more
core   +1 more source

The Diagnostic Dilemma of Incidentally Detected Pulmonary Nodules: A Fatal Case of Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma

open access: yesRespirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2025.
Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH) is a rare, low‐ to intermediate‐grade malignant vascular tumour. We present an illustrative case of PEH, aiming to contribute to the ongoing clinical characterisation of this rare malignancy. ABSTRACT Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH) is a rare, low‐ to intermediate‐grade malignant ...
Qian Yao, Honghui Jiang, Daiyan Fu
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-slice spiral computerized tomography image characteristics of coal workers with pneumoconiosis

open access: yes环境与职业医学
BackgroundMulti-slice spiral computerized tomography (MSCT) can be used as an auxiliary diagnosis of chest radiography in diagnosis of pneumoconiosis, but there are few studies on the correlations between interstitial images and stage classification of ...
Xinyu LI   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A short history of the toxicology of inhaled particles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Particle toxicology arose in order to understand the mechanisms of adverse effects of 3 major particle types that had historically exerted the greatest toll of ill-health—quartz, coal and asbestos. By the middle of the last century rat inhalation studies
Anthony Seaton   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

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