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Workplace Health & Safety, 2020 Occupational exposures to dust with elevated levels of respirable crystalline silica in artificial stone increase workers’ risk for silicosis.
Kimberly Reynolds, John Jerome
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Current global perspectives on silicosis—Convergence of old and newly emergent hazards
Respirology (Carlton South. Print), 2022 Silicosis not a disease of the past. It is an irreversible, fibrotic lung disease specifically caused by exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust.
R. Hoy +10 more
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021 Context: Silicosis is a progressive, irreversible and incurable respiratory morbidity and often becomes a cause for pre-mature mortality among occupationally silica dust-exposed workers in India and similar countries.
Subroto S Nandi +2 more
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Prevalence and risk factors for silicosis among a large cohort of stone benchtop industry workers
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2023 Objectives High silica content artificial stone has been found to be associated with silicosis among stone benchtop industry (SBI) workers. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for silicosis among a large ...
R. Hoy +8 more
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Silicosis Among Immigrant Engineered Stone (Quartz) Countertop Fabrication Workers in California.
JAMA Internal Medicine, 2023 Importance Silicosis associated with inhalation of respirable crystalline silica among engineered stone countertop fabrication workers is an emerging health concern.
J. Fazio +7 more
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Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology, 2023 Background Silicosis has been one of the most serious occupational public health problems worldwide for many decades. The global burden of silicosis is largely unknown, although it is thought to be more prevalent in low and medium-income countries ...
M. Rupani
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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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Review on role of NLRP3 inflammasome in pathogenesis of silicosis
环境与职业医学, 2022 Silicosis is one of the most common forms of pneumoconiosis globally. Workers who engage in mining, construction, ceramics, and many other industries have a high risk of developing silicosis. Chronic and repeated inhalation of free silica (SiO2) dust (
Zhenzhen FAN +6 more
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Silicosis: New Challenges from an Old Inflammatory and Fibrotic Disease.
Frontiers in Bioscience, 2023 Silicosis, an occupational lung disease that can be prevented, is still a significant public health concern in many countries, despite its considerably decreased incidence over the years.
C. Handra +3 more
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, 2013 Silicosis is a pneumoconiosis caused by repeated inhalation of silica dust, characterized by pulmonary fibrosis and a bronchitis component. It is predisposing factor for lung cancer and cause of temporary or permanent work disability.
Ramírez, Augusto V.
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