A wide spectrum of pulmonary complications occurs in patients with pneumoconiosis. Those
complications include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hemoptysis, pneumothorax …

Introduction: Nowadays, millions of people are exposed to the dusts in their workplaces.
Occupational exposure to dusts is considered as one of the most common and serious …

The purpose of this study is to describe the personal exposure to respirable dust and quartz
and in stone crushing units located at west of Iran. A size of 40 personal samples and 40 …

Objectives This study was conducted to explore the association between pneumoconiosis
and pneumothorax. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Nationwide population …

Prolonged exposure to silica dust causes an imbalance in the generation of free radicals
and in the antioxidant system, thereby inducing oxidative stress. The antioxidant status of …

The traditional cyclone with spray scrubber was developed for the removal of airborne silica
particles from local exhaust ventilation (LEV). The objective of this research is to evaluate …

Over the past two decades there has been increasing interest in studies of air pollution and
its effects on human. The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of respiratory …

Introduction: to assess whether single nucleotide variation within regulatory sequences of
cytokine or chemokine genes is associated with silicosis, this study was conducted for …

Background Few studies have focused on the management of secondary spontaneous
pneumothorax (SSP) as a complication of pneumoconiosis. The aim of this study was to …

Interactions between several genes and environmental factors occur in silicosis and other
dust-mediated pulmonary fibrosis. It has been suggested that several genes play role in …