Workers in the mining and construction industries are at increased risk of respiratory and
other diseases as a result of being exposed to harmful levels of airborne particulate matter …

Exposure to coal mine dust or crystalline silica can result in the initiation and progression of
interstitial lung disease. Pathogenesis is the consequence of damage to lung cells and …

Exposure to coal mine dust and/or crystalline silica results in pneumoconiosis with initiation
and progression of pulmonary fibrosis. This review presents characteristics of simple and …

Clinical detection of silicosis is currently dependent on radiological and lung function
abnormalities, both late manifestations of disease. Markers of prediction and early detection …

Coal mining remains a sizable industry, with millions of working and retired coal miners
worldwide. This article provides an update on recent advances in the understanding of …

Exposure to dust from the mining environment has historically resulted in epidemic levels of
mortality and morbidity from pneumoconiotic diseases such as silicosis, coal workers' …

Objective: Exposure to coal dust can cause interstitial lung disease (ILD), but whether this is
due to pure coal or to the contents of quartz in coal is less clear. Here, we systematically …

ABSTRACT Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), as part of the spectrum of coal mine dust
lung disease (CMDLD), is a preventable but incurable lung disease that can be complicated …

Objective: To provide an update on respiratory diseases caused by coal mine dust. Methods:
This article presents the results of a literature review initially performed for an International …

The alveolar macrophage (AM) is a critically important cell playing a prominent role in lung
inflammation via the production of oxygen radicals, enzymes, arachidonic acid metabolites …