Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of free crystalline silicon dioxide or
silica. Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust particles occurs in many …

In recent decades, because of significant progress in the analysis and detection of trace
pollutants, emerging contaminants have been discovered and quantified in living beings …

Inhalation of the crystalline form of silica is associated with a variety of pathologies, from
acute lung inflammation to silicosis, in addition to autoimmune disorders and cancer. Basic …

We are told that'work is good for us' and that ill health is caused by'individual lifestyles'.
Drawing on research from public health, social policy, epidemiology, geography and …

Although lung cancer incidence rates started to slowly decrease for men in the 1980s
followed by declining incidence rates for women in the late 1990s, 1 lung and bronchus …

Background Crystalline silica is considered as one of the most common and serious
occupational hazards to workers' health. Although its association with lung cancer has been …

The pneumoconioses are parenchymal lung diseases that arise from inhalation of (usually)
inorganic dusts at work. Some such dusts are biologically inert but visible on a chest X-ray or …

Exposure to metallic compounds is ubiquitous, with its widespread use in industry and its
presence, mostly in trace amounts, in the environment. This paper reviews the …

The Tenth Edition of Hunter's Diseases of Occupations has been fully revised and updated,
presenting all practitioners considering an occupational cause for a patient's condition with …

Crystalline silica has been classified as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for
Research on Cancer (Lyon, France); however, few previous studies have provided …