Simple silicosis

Inhalation of crystalline silica is known to result in silicosis: an irreversible, disabling and potentially fatal occupational… (More)

OBJECTIVE To determine whether individuals with simple silicosis have obstructive and restrictive decrements. METHODS The… (More)

OBJECTIVE To describe and analyse the baseline characteristics of workers attending the pneumoconiosis clinic for assessment of… (More)

To evaluate the risk of pneumoconiosis among workers in a Midwestern automotive foundry, medical records and silica sand exposure… (More)

OBJECTIVES To compare the usefulness of high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) with chest radiography (CR) in the diagnosis… (More)

We previously reported on the lung cancer mortality through 1983 of 760 males who were diagnosed with silicosis during 1930-1983… (More)

The type II pneumocyte changes in silicosis are characterized by hyperplasic and hypertrophic epithelial cells, and increased… (More)

For evaluation of the clinical usefulness of CT of the thorax in workers exposed to silica, 58 workers with long-term exposure to… (More)

To evaluate the biological effects of aluminum lactate therapy on nodular silicosis, we exposed the tracheal lobe of three groups… (More)

Forty-five consecutive patients (17 non-smokers and 28 smokers) affected by pulmonary silicosis with limited profusion of… (More)