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- Title
Silica Exposure and Connective Tissue Disease: An Underrecognized Association in Three Australian Artificial Stone Workers.
- Authors
Turner, Marianne T.; Samuel, Sameh R.; Silverstone, Elizabeth J.; Yates, Deborah H
- Abstract
The article presents several case studies including a 45-year-old male who had a history of installing artificial stone kitchen benchtops and stonemasonry; a 47-year-old male with a history of dry-cutting marble blocks and a 53-year-old male with a history of dry-cutting marble. It offers information on progressive silicosis caused by occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS).
- Subjects
SILICOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL diseases; ARTIFICIAL stone; STONEMASONRY; OCCUPATIONAL hazards
- Publication
American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, 2020, Vol 201, Issue 3, p378
- ISSN
1073-449X
- Publication type
case study
- DOI
10.1164/rccm.201905-1057LE