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Estudos de associação entre os genes ACE e TGFB1 e a gravidade da silicose e a suscetibilidade à silicotuberculose em trabalhadores expostos à sílica no Estado do Rio de Janeiro

open access: yes, 2021
A silicose, doença pulmonar decorrente da inalação e deposição de poeira contendo sílica cristalina, é a pneumoconiose mais prevalente no Brasil e no mundo.
Rolando, Jônatas de Mendonça
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A controlled clinical comparison of 6 and 8 months of antituberculosis chemotherapy in the treatment of patients with silicotuberculosis in Hong kong. American Review of Respiratory Diseases

open access: yes, 1991
Patients with silicotuberculosis have been reported to respond poorly to antituberculosis chemotherapy. Therefore, in a study in Hong Kong, 240 Chinese male patients with both silicosis and pulmonary tuberculosis were all prescribed treatment three ...
Tuberculosis Research Centre , Madras   +2 more
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Maximal expiratory flow volume values evaluation among female quartz grinders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Background: A recent review in silica dust exposed workers focused on airway obstruction and the variables used were forced vital capacity (FVC), FEV1 and FEV1%.
Takiar, Ramnath, Rao, Nellore Mohan
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Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-78-121-1071: Allis-Chalmers Corporation; West Allis, Wisconsin [PDF]

open access: yes
In response to a request from a representative of Local 248 of the United Auto Workers, an evaluation of possible health hazards was made at the Allis-Chalmers Corporation (SIC-3321), West Allis, Wisconsin.

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Epidemiologia da silicose na Região Sudeste do Brasil: contribuição para seu estudo, através de inquérito em pacientes internados em hospitais de tisiologia [PDF]

open access: yes
Baseado no conhecimento de que a tuberculose pulmonar e frequente complicação evolutiva da silicose (caracterizando a sílico-tuberculose), foi realizado um estudo visando a ampliar o conhecimento da epidemiologia desta doença profissional na Região ...
Mendes, René
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Accuracy of Computer-Aided Detection of Occupational Lung Disease: Silicosis and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Ex-Miners from the South African Gold Mines. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Ehrlich R   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Thibela TB: design and methods of a cluster randomised trial of the effect of community-wide isoniazid preventive therapy on tuberculosis amongst gold miners in South Africa.

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: South Africa has the third highest annual number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases globally. The resurgence of TB which has particularly affected gold miners in South Africa, is attributed to occupational risk factors for TB including silica ...
Grant, Alison D   +11 more
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Silico-tuberculosis amidst COVID-19 pandemic: global scenario and Indian perspective. [PDF]

open access: yesAnn Med Surg (Lond), 2023
Roy P   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A study of the mortality of Cornish tin miners.

open access: yes, 2016
Increased mortality from cancer of the lung has been found in several studies of miners exposed to high levels of radioactivity in underground air. In view of their exposure to raised levels of radiation, we have studied the mortality of a group of men ...

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Airborne Particulates Around Frac Sand Plants Using EPA-Certified Instruments

open access: yes, 2017
Color poster with text, charts, maps, photographs and graphsEnvironmental exposure to airborne pollutants, notably fine particulates (PM2.5 and smaller) and crystalline silica (quartz) is of growing concern in western Wisconsin due to the expansion of ...
Brown, Hannah   +9 more
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