Silicosis is a potentially fatal, irreversible, fibrotic pulmonary disease that may develop
subsequent to the inhalation of large amounts of silica dust over time. In most circumstances …

To evaluate the risk of pneumoconiosis among workers in a Midwestern automotive foundry,
medical records and silica sand exposure data were analyzed for 1, 072 current and retired …

OBJECTIVES. This study sought to estimate the risk of silicosis by cumulative exposure-
years in a cohort of miners exposed to silica, as well as the lifetime risk of silicosis under the …

Silicosis may be defined as the disease resulting from chronic occupational exposure to
silica dust. Silica is primarily composed of quartz dust and has been classified since 2000 as …

We investigated exposure‐response relations for silicosis among 134 men over age 40 who
had been identified in a previous community‐based random sample study in a mining town …

Inhalation of silica particles is an environmental and occupational cause of silicosis, a type
of pneumoconiosis. Development of the lung silicosis is a unique process in which the …

Silicosis is caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) in various
forms. This review proposes that the cascade of inflammatory and fibrotic events involved in …

Silicosis is a global problem, and it has brought about great burdens to society and patients'
families. The etiology of silicosis is clear, preventable, and controllable, but the onset is …

Background Silicosis is a progressive, fibrotic, occupational lung disease resulting from
inhalation of respirable crystalline silica. This disease is preventable through appropriate …

Despite silica dust exposure being one of the earliest recognized causes of lung disease,
Australia, USA, Israel, Turkey and other countries around the world have recently …