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

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 …

Pneumoconiosis, or occupational lung disease, is one of the world's most prevalent work-
related diseases. Silicosis, a type of pneumoconiosis, is caused by inhaling respirable …

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 …

Objectives Epidemiological reports since 2000 have documented increased prevalence and
rapid progression of pneumoconiosis among underground coal miners in the United States …

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' …

Rationale: The reasons for resurgent coal workers' pneumoconiosis and its most severe
forms, rapidly progressive pneumoconiosis and progressive massive fibrosis (PMF), in the …

Silicosis is an ancient and potentially fatal pneumoconiosis caused by exposure to
respirable crystalline silica. Silicosis is historically a disease of miners; however, failure to …

Aims: To measure the prevalence of silicosis among black migrant contract workers on a
South African goldmine and to investigate exposure-response relations with silica dust …