Simple silicosis
National Institutes of Health
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Inhalation of crystalline silica is known to result in silicosis: an irreversible, disabling and potentially fatal occupational…
Background : Use of industry and technology must be based on protection of health as well as the environment. In other words…
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To describe and analyse the baseline characteristics of workers attending the pneumoconiosis clinic for assessment of…
OBJECTIVE To describe and analyse the baseline characteristics of workers attending the pneumoconiosis clinic for assessment of…
OBJECTIVES--To compare the usefulness of high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) with chest radiography (CR) in the diagnosis…
In a sample of 186 stone workers who performed granite "tearing" and "stone work" (either manual or mechanical) we have found…
Fasting urinary hydroxyproline: creatinine (HOP:C) ratios were measured in 74 patients with suspected (borderline) silicosis (10…
Chest radiographs and spirometric tests were performed on 81 patients who had silicosis from two granite quarries in 1975, 73 of…
Respiratory symptoms, radiographic findings, and lung function were analyzed in 144 Finnish patients with silicosis. The…
In July 1979, the health of 86 current and ex-workers at 2 silica mining and milling operations in southern Illinois was examined…