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Mining Migrant Worker Recruitment Policy and the Production of a Silicosis Epidemic in Late 20th-Century Southern Africa

Annals of Global Health, 2023
Objectives: Between the 1980s and 2000s, an epidemic of silicosis was identified in migrant black gold miners, many from neighbouring countries, who had worked in the South African gold mines.
R. Ehrlich, S. Barker, Alex. Montgomery, P. Lewis, B. Kistnasamy, A. Yassi   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Silicosis conglomerada

, 2016
Paciente masculino de 71 años, con antecedente de exposición a sílice (trabajador de construcción) y diagnóstico de silicosis conglomerada o pseudotumoral.71 years old male patient with a history of exposure to silica (construction worker) and diagnosis ...
Carrillo Bayona, Jorge Alberto, Pérez Ardila, María Alejandra   +1 more
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Assessment of NOx Levels in an Underground Hospital Car Park: Implications for Occupational and Environmental Health

Applied Sciences
Environmental air pollution poses a significant threat to human health, with nitrogen oxides (NOx) identified as contributors to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
Hector Garcia-Gonzalez, Teresa Lopez-Pola, Daniel Martinez-Gonzalez, Jesus Alonso-Barcena   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Yingyi Zhang, Rui Zhao, Yan Zhou, Yang Dong, Anni Qiu, Huiwen Xu, Yiran Liu, Wendi Zhang, Qing Chang, Minjie Chu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

A review of silicosis and other silica-related diseases in the engineered stone countertop processing industry

Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology
Engineered stone (ES), a material that has become widespread for its use in kitchen and bathroom countertops since the 1980s, is composed of over 90% crystalline silica by weight, significantly exceeding the silica content of natural stones such as ...
Jane C. Fazio, K. Viragh, Jenny Houlroyd, S. Gandhi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence and determinants of evidence of silicosis and impaired lung function among small scale tanzanite miners and the peri-mining community in northern Tanzania

medRxiv, 2023
Among mining communities in Tanzania, the limited data available suggests the prevalence of silicosis, obstructive lung diseases (OLD) and restrictive lung disease (RLD) to be around 1.6%, 1.9% and 8.8% respectively.
Alexander W Mbuya, I. Mboya, H. Semvua, S. Mamuya, P. Howlett, S. Msuya   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Truncating a disease. The reduction of silica hazards to silicosis at the 1930 international labor office conference on silicosis in Johannesburg

, 2015
The current nosology and etiology of silicosis were officially adopted by the 1930 International Labor Office (ILO) Conference on silicosis in Johannesburg.
PA Rosental, Rosental, Paul-Andre
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Silicosis in workers exposed to quartz conglomerates [PDF]

, 2022
PDF del artículo[ES] Introducción: la silicosis, enfermedad crónica, causada por la inhalación de polvo de sílice cristalina, sigue siendo un problema de salud laboral vigente.
Martinez-Aguirre, Sergio, Rattia-Rivas, Cesar Enrique, Affinito, Marianna, Maqueda-Blasco, Jeronimo, Lonighi, Sherry Sue   +4 more
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Evaluation of Emission Reduction Systems in Underground Mining Trucks: A Case Study at an Underground Mine

Clean Technologies
Underground mining environments present elevated occupational health risks, primarily due to substantial exposure to diesel exhaust emissions within confined and poorly ventilated spaces.
Hector Garcia-Gonzalez, Pablo Menendez-Cabo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global scenario of silica-associated diseases: A review on emerging pathophysiology of silicosis and potential therapeutic regimes

Toxicology Reports
Silicosis is an occupational fibrotic lung disease caused by exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust particles produced during industrial activities.
Prasad Sherekar, S. Suke, Archana Dhok, S. Malegaonkar, S. Dhale   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source