A Case Report of Lung Cancer in a Horse Trainer Caused by Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica: An Exposure Assessment

• Main Authors: Jin-Ha Yoon (Author), Boowook Kim (Author), Byung-Soon Choi (Author), So Young Park (Author), Hyun-Suk Kwag (Author), In-Ah Kim (Author), Ji Yeon Jeong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Here, we present a case of lung cancer in a 48-year-old male horse trainer. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case report to include an exposure assessment of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) as a quartz. The trainer had no family history of lung cancer. Although he had a 15 pa...