Mining Tenure and Job Duties Differ Among Contemporary and Historic Underground Coal Miners With Progressive Massive Fibrosis
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DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002746
Abstract: Our findings suggest that hazardous dust exposures in coal mines are not limited to miners working in occupations designated for regulatory sampling, and further implicate crystalline silica as a key factor in the resurgence of… read more here.
Keywords: mining; tenure; progressive massive; miners progressive ... See more keywords
Pulmonary hypertension in patients with pneumoconiosis with progressive massive fibrosis
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DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2021-108095
Abstract: Objectives This study aims to explore the prevalence and clinical features of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) and its correlation with large opacities on CT scans. Methods This retrospective study… read more here.
Keywords: pulmonary hypertension; hypertension patients; massive fibrosis; progressive massive ... See more keywords
Plasma Cytokine Profiling Reveals Differences between Silicotic Patients with Simple Silicosis and Those with Progressive Massive Fibrosis Caused by Engineered Stone
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DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021541
Abstract: Engineered stone silicosis has become an occupational epidemic disease that progresses rapidly to progressive massive fibrosis with respiratory failure and death, and there is no effective treatment. Silica deposition in the lung triggers a series… read more here.
Keywords: simple silicosis; massive fibrosis; plasma cytokine; progressive massive ... See more keywords