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

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...

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Main Authors: Jin-Ha Yoon, Boowook Kim, Byung-Soon Choi, So Young Park, Hyun-Suk Kwag, In-Ah Kim, Ji Yeon Jeong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-03-01
Series:Safety and Health at Work
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791113410089