Occupational exposure is an important risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), and silica dust is one of the most important occupational respiratory toxins …

There are 2 primary goals of this overview. The first is to provide an update on the already
significant body of literature on silicosis, with emphasis on emerging exposure settings and …

Objective Occupational-attributable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents
a substantial health challenge. Focusing on spirometrie criteria for airflow obstruction, this …

The authors state in their preface that this book was designed mainly to assist the practising
clinician, including the pathologist and radiologist, to keep in touch with the changes in the …

Rationale: Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), a rate-limiting enzyme in heme catabolism, has
antioxidative, antiapoptotic, and antiinflammatory activities. We examined whether HO-1 …

Study objectives To assess the effect of occupational silica exposure on pulmonary function.
Design Epidemiologic evaluation based on employee interview, plant walk-through, and …

PURPOSE: To use qualitative and quantitative computed tomography (CT) to test the
hypothesis that impaired lung function with silicosis is due to progressive massive fibrosis …

The International Classification of High-resolution Computed Tomography for Occupational
and Environmental Respiratory Diseases (ICOERD) has been developed for screening and …

Objective: To correlate tomographic findings with pulmonary function findings, as well as to
compare chest X-ray findings with high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings, in …

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are becoming increasingly significant in sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA). Reliable measures of the contribution of major determinants are …