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The filter of choice: filtration method preference among injecting drug users [PDF]
Harm Reduction Journal, 2011 Background Injection drug use syringe filters (IDUSF) are designed to prevent several complications related to the injection of drugs. Due to their small pore size, their use can reduce the solution's insoluble particle content and thus diminish the ...
Keijzer Lenneke, Imbert Elliot
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Estudo das internações hospitalares por pneumoconioses no Brasil, 1984-2003 Hospital admissions due to pneumoconioses in Brazil, 1984-2003 [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 2005 INTRODUÇÃO: pneumoconiose reúne um conjunto de doenças respiratórias conhecidas pelo agente principal causador, como silicose, asbestose, talcose, beriliose e outras. A incidência, possivelmente, deve ser elevada entre os expostos, mas não há informações
Hermano Albuquerque de Castro +2 more
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Pulmonary Talc Granulomatosis- An Uncommon Finding at Autopsy [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Talc is chemically hydrous magnesium silicate and used as lubricant of consumer goods, as well as, in various oral prescribed medications due to its diluting nature.
Ruchi Agarwal +4 more
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Occupational interstitial lung diseases
Journal of Internal Medicine, Volume 294, Issue 6, Page 798-815, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Millions of workers are exposed to substances known to cause occupational interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), particularly in developing countries. However, the burden of the disease is likely to be underestimated due to under‐recognition, under‐reporting or both.
Paolo Spagnolo +11 more
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Dyspnea following intravenous drug use [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2017 E. Matrosovich +5 more
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Pulmonary talcosis 10 years after brief teenage exposure to cosmetic talcum powder. [PDF]
, 2011 Pulmonary talcosis is a rare but debilitating variant of pneumoconiosis often presenting with isolated non-specific symptoms of progressive exertional dyspnoea or cough.
A. Rahatullah +7 more
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A potential cause of asbestos-related granulomatosis due to adulterant contamination in a drug abuser [PDF]
, 2021 Drug adulterants containing contaminants have been known to cause lung disease by inhalation or intravenous intake. Talcosis due to intravenous talc injection has been widely described in the literature, whereas the hypothesis of granulomatosis due to ...
Arnaldo Carbone, Fabio De-Giorgio
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Asbestos in commercial indian talc
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 62, Issue 5, Page 385-392, May 2019., 2019 Abstract Background Easily available commercial Indian talc products widely used in Southeast Asia were examined for the presence of asbestos. Asbestos in talc products carry all risks of asbestos‐related disease. Methods Using polarizing light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), electron diffraction, and X‐ray analysis, multiple over ...
Sean Fitzgerald +3 more
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Pulmonary Talcosis With Intravenous Drug Abuse [PDF]
Respiratory Care, 2013 Talc has been known to cause lung disease, via inhalation or intravenously. A good history along with radiological correlation will often reveal the diagnosis. However, most intravenous drug abusers are reluctant to give a history of exposure, and most diagnoses are made after lung biopsy ...
Mohammad F, Siddiqui +2 more
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Canadian Respiratory Journal, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page e7-e13, 2010., 2010 BACKGROUND: Many factors may limit survival from lung and heart‐lung transplantation, including malignancy. OBJECTIVE: To investigate factors associated with the development of malignancy following transplantation and its effect on survival by retrospectively reviewing a population of lung transplant recipients.
Michael J Metcalfe +8 more
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