Silicotics
National Institutes of Health
Papers overview
Semantic Scholar uses AI to extract papers important to this topic.
BackgroundCrystalline silica is considered as one of the most common and serious occupational hazards to workers’ health…
IARC (2009; Metals, Particles and Fibres. IARC Monographs on the Evaluaton of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Volume 100C. Lyon…
BACKGROUND
In 1997, a Monograph from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified occupational exposure to…
Background: Although crystalline silica exposure is associated with silicosis, lung cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis, and chronic…
The relation between exposure to crystalline silica and lung cancer has been a controversial topic, and findings have appeared…
Silicotics have increased mortality from tuberculosis (TB) and from nonmalignant respiratory diseases (NMRD), including silicosis…
Increased tuberculosis risk associated with silicosis is well described. The present study defines the incidence of pulmonary…
A cohort study was conducted on 3335 hospitalized male pneumoconiosis patients in order to determine their lung cancer mortality…
Silica is not generally considered to be a carcinogen, however, occupations characterized by high exposure to crystalline silica…