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Risk of sleep disorders in patients with pneumoconiosis: a retrospective cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Background Pneumoconiosis is associated with pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases; however, the link between pneumoconiosis and sleep disorders is not well understood.
Yen-Sung Lin, Te-Chun Shen, Cheng-Li Lin, Chih-Yen Tu, Te-Chun Hsia, Wu-Huei Hsu, Der-Yang Cho   +6 more
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Study and Application on Risk Assessment Method of Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis Based on Logistic Regression Model [PDF]

Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR), 2018
To research the risk assessment method of coal-worker's pneumoconiosis caused by coal dust exposure, predict the incidence of coal-worker's pneumoconiosis, and provide technical basis for occupational risk management.
Qian Zhang, Deyin Huang, Minyan Li
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Livelihoods and Migrants' Social Protection: An Investigation of Migration and Health in Beijing and Tianjin, North China [PDF]

, 2010
This paper contributes to a growing body of research on the social protection for rural-urban migrants in Chinese cities. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Beijing and Tianjin and applying an analytical framework of livelihood studies, it examines an ...
Zhang, H.X.
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Prevalence and characteristics of COPD among pneumoconiosis patients at an occupational disease prevention institute: a cross-sectional study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2018
Background Pneumoconiosis may play an important role in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and the complication of COPD may impose a heavy burden of illness.
Yating Peng, Xin Li, Shan Cai, Yan Chen, Weirong Dai, Wenfeng Liu, Zijing Zhou, Jiaxi Duan, Ping Chen   +8 more
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Chronic cough due to occupational factors [PDF]

, 2006
Within the large variety of subtypes of chronic cough, either defined by their clinical or pathogenetic causes, occupational chronic cough may be regarded as one of the most preventable forms of the disease.
Fischer, Axel, Groneberg, Jan David Alexander, Nowak, Dennis, Wussow, Anke   +3 more
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lncRNA Profiling of Exosomes and Its Communication Role in Regulating Silica-Stimulated Macrophage Apoptosis and Fibroblast Activation

Biomolecules
Long-term silica particle exposure leads to interstitial pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis, called silicosis. Silica-activated macrophages secrete a wide range of cytokines resulting in persistent inflammation. In addition, silica-stimulated activation
Jiaqi Ban, Shuai Chang, Pengwei Ma, Xin Wang, Fangwei Liu   +4 more
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A rare case of occupational lung disease – Talcosis [PDF]

, 2014
Talcosis/ Talcpneumoconiosis is one of the rarer forms of magnesium silicate induced lung disease, It usually occurs in the fourth decade and affects people working in talc related industries like roof, shingle, pharmaceutical companies, talcum powder ...
Sathish Kumar M, Dhipu Mathew, Thilagavathy, Aruna Shanmuganathan, Srinivasan R
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Pneumoconiosis and byssinosis. [PDF]

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1974
On 1 August 1968 the Minister of Social Security referred the following question to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council for consideration and advice : Whether in the light of experience and current knowledge any adjustment should be made in the terms of the definition of pneumoconiosis in section 58 (3) of the National Insurance (In dustrial ...
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Splenectomy correlates with increased risk of pulmonary tuberculosis: a case–control study in Taiwan [PDF]

, 2014
This study investigated whether there was an association between splenectomy and pulmonary tuberculosis. This was a case–control study using the database of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Programme.
Chen, H.-J., Lai, S.-W., Liao, K.-F., Lin, C.-L., Wang, I.-K.   +4 more
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Trehalose Alleviates Crystalline Silica-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis via Activation of the TFEB-Mediated Autophagy-Lysosomal System in Alveolar Macrophages

Cells, 2020
Silicosis is an occupational lung disease characterized by persistent inflammation and irreversible fibrosis. Crystalline silica (CS) particles are mainly phagocytized by alveolar macrophages (AMs), which trigger apoptosis, inflammation, and pulmonary ...
Xiu He, Shi Chen, Chao Li, Jiaqi Ban, Yungeng Wei, Yangyang He, Fangwei Liu, Ying Chen, Jie Chen   +8 more
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