Social determinants of an occupational lung disease: Workers’ narratives on silicosis
SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2023 Silicosis is a preventable occupational lung disease caused by inhaled silica dust. Solutions to prevent silicosis ranging from engineering controls to respirator use have been validated for nearly a century, but many workers are still at-risk of this ...
Yanni Liang +3 more
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The politics of silicosis in interwar Spain : republican and francoist approaches to occupational health [PDF]
, 2008 This article explores the emergence and recognition of silicosis as an occupational disease in interwar Spain. Following International Labour Office guidelines, growing international concerns and local medical evidence, Republican administrators provided
Menéndez-Navarro, Alfredo
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Respiratory parameters at varied altitudes in intermittent mining work [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives: Workers in the mining industry in altitude are subjected to several risk factors, e.g., airborne silica and low barometric pressure. The aim of this study has been to assess the risks for this work category, evaluating single risk factors as ...
Bacaloni, Alessandro +4 more
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Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2016 Moraxella (formerly Branhamella) catarrhalis was discovered at the end of the nineteenth century, and for many decades it was considered to be a harmless commensal of the upper respiratory tract.
Miguel Angel Ariza-Prota +4 more
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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 +6 more
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Empyema Caused by Citrobacter koseri in an Immunocompetent Patient
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2015 Citrobacter species, belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae, are environmental organisms commonly found in soil, water, and the intestinal tracts of animals and humans.
Miguel Angel Ariza-Prota +4 more
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A novel circRNA-SNP may increase susceptibility to silicosis
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 In this study, we aimed to reveal the association between circRNA-related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with the susceptibility of silicosis.
Zhounan Cheng +10 more
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Costs of delivering human papillomavirus vaccination to schoolgirls in Mwanza Region, Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the leading cause of female cancer-related deaths in Tanzania. Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) offers a new opportunity to control this disease.
Quentin, Wilm +9 more
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Analysis of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions in 3D Printing: Implications for Indoor Air Quality
BuildingsThis study provides a comprehensive analysis of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions in the context of 3D printing, a rapidly advancing technology that is transforming manufacturing processes. As the adoption of 3D printing grows, concerns regarding
Hector Garcia-Gonzalez +3 more
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The regulatory effect of pulmonary lymphatic drainage on silicosis fibrosis
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 Silicosis is a fibrotic disease caused by long-term inhalation of SiO2 particles that currently has no effective treatment. Earlier studies have suggested that pulmonary lymphatic vessels play a key role in the transport of silica but have not address ...
Jie Cui +9 more
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