This study aims to provide further understanding of physiologic and symptomatic changes
and radiographic abnormalities due to exposure to silica, asbestos, and coal dusts …

We assessed the relationship between exposure to silica dust and chronic airflow limitation
in an epidemiological survey conducted among pottery workers and controls who were of …

It has been established that coal pneumoconiosis and confluent silicosis are associated with
emphysematous changes in the lungs. In the present study, we addressed the concept of …

Background: This study aimed to investigate the pulmonary functions of silica-exposed
workers and their health-related quality of life in an insulator manufacturing industry …

There is limited and conflicting evidence regarding the exposure–response relationship
between exposure to crystalline silica and silicosis; the level of risk to current workers …

Silicosis is a lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust and the consequent
depositing of this inorganic material in the bronchi, lymph nodes, and/or lung parenchyma …

Objective. To describe and analyse the baseline characteristics of workers attending the
pneumoconiosis clinic for assessment of silicosis. Design. Retrospective cross-sectional …

The relationship between silica dust exposure in gold mines and the type of emphysema
was studied in a group of 1,553 white gold miners who had undergone autopsy examination …

Background. Silicosis is a slowly progressive chronic occupational lung disease, developed
after a prolong period of exposure to high concentration of silica dust. Methods. In this …

Silicosis, a progressive fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of respirable crystalline
silica particles, remains an important and preventable occupational lung disease in the …