Rare Complications of Silica Dust Exposure

Crystalline silica inhalation causes silicosis, one of the ancient occupational lung diseases. It leads to an irreversible fibrotic response in the lung parenchyma and, consequently, causes diffuse interstitial lung disease. Asymptomatic to chronic irreversible forms are various presentations of sil...

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Main Authors: Alaa Omar Shalaby, Khaled Mahmoud Kamel, Ahmed Serag Aldein Al Halfawy, Hassan Mahmoud Amin, Sabah Ahmed Hussein, Hassan Gamal Yamamah, Hoda Mohamed Abdel-hamid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KARE Publishing 2019-05-01
Series:Erciyes Medical Journal
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Online Access:https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=erciyesmedj&un=EMJ-38278