Exposure‒response relationships for silicosis and its progression in industrial sand workers

• Main Authors: Pamela M Vacek (Author), Robert E Glenn (Author), Roy J Rando (Author), John E Parker (Author), Jeffrey P Kanne (Author), Daniel A Henry (Author), Cristopher A Meyer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to characterize the relationship between radiographic silicosis and exposure to respirable quartz and determine how exposure affects disease progression. METHODS: Surveillance chest radiographs from a cohort of 1902 workers were examined to identify 67 cases of radiograp...