Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica (SiO2) is one of the most common and
serious risks because of the health consequences for the workers involved. Silicosis is a …

Background: Although crystalline silica exposure is associated with silicosis, lung cancer,
pulmonary tuberculosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there is less …

Background: SILICOSIS is known in industrial workers for centuries. Till recently, the
mainstay of its diagnosis and progress was clinical examination of the respiratory system …

45 granite crushers and 45 age and smoking matched referents underwent pulmonary
function tests in 1976 and 1988. On average, the granite crushers at follow up had worked …

Background Silicosis is caused by inhaling free crystalline silica. Few case reports have
addressed the risk of silicosis in the jewelry trade where chalk molds containing a high …

Free silica (silicon dioxide) is naturally found in amorphous and crystalline forms in many
rocks in the Earth1, 2). Inhaled silicon dioxide is usually crystalline and most often quartz …

Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and silicosis are associated with
exposure to crystalline silica. We determined the exposure to respirable crystalline silica and …

Silicosis is the most common occupational lung disease in China, and is associated with a
variety of complications, many of which are poorly understood. For example, recent data …

Rationale: Exposure to respirable crystalline silica causes silicosis, a preventable,
progressive occupational lung disease. A more rigorous occupational health standard for …

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 …