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Towards Responsible Mining in Africa: Problematising the Environmental and Public Health Concerns of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Gold Mining in Ghana

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There have been emerging media reports on the impact of cyanide and mercury use in artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) operations on community health, especially among pregnant and non‐pregnant women, ASGM miners, and children in rural Africa.
Francis Arthur‐Holmes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pneumoconiosis in different sectors and their differences in Turkey

open access: yes, 2016
Introduction: Pneumoconiosis which is one of the ancient diseases, still affects many workers throughout the world despite "existing" control programs.
Çımrın, Arif Hikmet   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli's De Hydrargyro Idriensi Tentamina (1761): Mercury Mining, Mercurialism, and Preventive Reasoning in Eighteenth‐Century Occupational Medicine

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 69, Issue 11, Page 996-1004, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788), a physician‐naturalist of the Enlightenment, is primarily remembered for his contributions to botany and entomology. Less attention has been paid to his medical work De hydrargyro Idriensi Tentamina physico‐chymico‐medica (1761), written during his fifteen years of service as physician at the mercury mines
Alberto Zanatta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Pneumoconiosis in the Construction Industry: A Systematic Review

open access: yes, 2023
Construction workers can be exposed to fibres, dust, and other toxic particles that can cause pneumoconiosis from silica, asbestos, and mixed dust. This systematic review aims to analyse how pneumoconiosis caused by exposure to dust contributed to the ...
Andaque, Gentil A.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Ac‐SDKP modulates apoptosis via HSP27 and the FAS/FASL and mitochondrial axes

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, Volume 9, Issue 10, Page 1928-1955, October 2026.
Schematic diagram of Ac‐SDKP regulating the FAS/FASL and mitochondrial apoptosis pathways via HSP27. Ac‐SDKP inhibits HSP27 expression, activates the FAS/FASL pathway and Caspase‐3 signaling, increases Caspase‐8 and Caspase‐3 expression, and induces cell apoptosis.
Wenxin Guo   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational Disease Health Survey and Disease Prevention of Chemical Workers Based on Questionnaire Analysis

open access: yesChemical Engineering Transactions, 2018
The purpose of this study is to grasp the current situation of the pneumoconiosis incidence and prevention in coal chemical workers, and find out the countermeasures of pneumoconiosis control.
Wei Zhao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Talc Use and Risk of Cancer: An Umbrella Review and Overlapped Analysis

open access: yesCancer Reports, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Background This umbrella review aimed to systematically synthesize and critically appraise the available evidence from systematic reviews and meta‐analyses evaluating the association between talc exposure and cancer risk in humans. Methods This umbrella review was conducted in accordance with the PRIOR guidelines and registered in PROSPERO.
Frank Mayta‐Tovalino   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep convolutional network-based chest radiographs screening model for pneumoconiosis

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine
BackgroundPneumoconiosis is the most important occupational disease all over the world, with high prevalence and mortality. At present, the monitoring of workers exposed to dust and the diagnosis of pneumoconiosis rely on manual interpretation of chest ...
Xiao Li   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality Assessment and Management in Organ Transplantation: A Comparative Analysis of the United States, Germany, and Chinese Mainland

open access: yesHealth Care Science, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page 389-403, October 2026.
Organ transplantation integrates surgery, immunosuppression, training, and quality systems. This analysis compares the United States, Germany, and Chinese Mainland, showing convergence toward data‐driven quality and competency‐based training. Chinese Mainland's centralized model enhances standardization and scalability, while Western systems emphasize ...
Björn Nashan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

PNEUMOCONIOSIS IN A SPOONBILL - A CASE REPORT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Pneumoconiosis has been identified in an adult dead spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) from a Zoo in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
B. Dutta   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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