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The Classic Pneumoconioses New Epidemiological and Laboratory Observations

Journal

CLINICS IN CHEST MEDICINE
Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 745-+

Publisher

W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2012.08.005

Keywords

Coal; Coal workers' pneumoconiosis; Silica; Silicosis; Asbestos; Asbestosis

Funding

  1. US Government (CDC-NIOSH)

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The purpose of this article is to provide an update on selected issues of current interest and recent developments related to 3 types of inorganic mineral dust exposures causing classic forms of pneumoconiosis: coal mine dust, crystalline silica, and asbestos. Common themes include new imaging modalities, emerging exposures, and evolving appreciation of additional adverse health effects associated with exposure to these inorganic mineral dusts.

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