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Silicosis in Denim Sandblasters

Chest, 2011
During the past 2 decades, silica sand has been used widely in sandblasting denim in Turkey, which has resulted in an epidemic of silicosis. This study was conducted to summarize the clinical outcomes of formerly healthy young people who became disabled or died because of working in the textile industry.The medical records of patients with silicosis ...
Bakan, Nur Dilek, OZKAN, Gulcihan, CAMSARI, Gungor, GUR, Aygun, Bayram, MEHMET, ACIKMESE, Baris, CETINKAYA, Erdogan   +6 more
openaire   +4 more sources

SILICOSIS AND ASBESTOSIS [PDF]

, 1939
E. P.
openalex   +2 more sources

Pneumoconiosis (Silicosis) [PDF]

, 1927
Henry K. Pancoast
openalex   +2 more sources

Silica-exposed patients with silicosis show shorter telomeres than do unexposed individuals: a pilot study in a population in southeastern Brazil [PDF]

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Objective: Silicosis is a pneumoconiosis characterized by fibrosis of the lung parenchyma caused by the inhalation of silica particles. Silica dust inhalation is associated with inflammation and induction of oxidative stress in the lungs.
Marcos César Santos de Castro, Lucas de Carvalho Costa, Kaio Cezar Rodrigues Salum, Hermano Albuquerque de Castro, Patrícia Canto Ribeiro, Walter Costa, Angela Santos Ferreira Nani, Fabiana Barzotto Kohlrausch   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Activation of Sirt1 by acetate alleviates silicofibrosis: Contribution of the gut microbiota

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Silicosis is a prevalent occupational disease marked by progressive pulmonary fibrosis. Despite its significant health burden, the pathogenesis of silicosis remains unclear, and no specific therapeutic drugs are available.
Weiliang Zhang, Xuejie Qi, Mingming Han, Qiang Jia, Xixi Li, Wenhui Yin, Yanhui Wang, Heng Wu, Hua Shao, Cheng Peng, Chongyi Su, Linlin Sai   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

One-year lung transplantation outcomes for engineered stone countertop workers with silicosis at a single center in Southern California, 2019 to 2023

JHLT Open
Background: In the past decade, growing industrial exposure to respirable crystalline silica from manufacturing engineered stone (ES) products has caused rapidly progressive, irreversible silicosis worldwide.
Reice Robinson, MD, Jeremy T. Hua, MD, MPH, Bryanna Lee, Karen Villegas, Samvel Gaboyan, Cecile S. Rose, MD, MPH, Christine M. Lin, MD, Eugene Golts, MD, Gordon Yung, MD, Tara Akins, NP-BC, Catherine Gaissert, PA-C, Christina Malles, PA-C, Ana Maria Gloria, NP-C, Kamyar Afshar, DO   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cosmetic Talc-Related Pulmonary Granulomatosis. [PDF]

, 2017
Inhalation of cosmetic talc can lead to pulmonary foreign-body granulomatosis, though fewer than 10 cases of inhaled cosmetic talc-related pulmonary granulomatosis have been reported in adults.
Adams, Jason Y, Jasuja, Sonia, Kuhn, Brooks T, Schivo, Michael   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Silicosis: from pathogenesis to therapeutics

Frontiers in Pharmacology
Silicosis is an important occupational lung disease caused by exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust particles, with the clinical manifestations from asymptomatic forms to respiratory failure.
Bijun Yang, Xiaoman Liu, Cheng Peng, Xiangjing Meng, Q. Jia   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Framework for implementing collaborative TB-silicosis activities in India: insights from an expert panel

Archives of Public Health
Tuberculosis (TB) treatment is more challenging for patients with silicosis, as it complicates the diagnosis of both diseases and increases mortality risk. Silicosis, an incurable occupational disease, confounds the diagnosis of TB and vice versa, making
Mihir P. Rupani, Pankaj Nimavat, Yogesh Patel, Harsh D. Shah, Arkaprabha Sau   +4 more
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Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Chronic Silicosis: A Case Report

Case Reports in Pathology, 2014
Silicosis is an occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica. People working in occupations like sandblasting, surface drilling, tunneling, silica flour milling, ceramic making, and so forth are predisposed to develop silicosis ...
Pritinanda Mishra, Sajini Elizabeth Jacob, Debdatta Basu, Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, Vishnukanth Govindaraj   +4 more
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