Lung pathology in U.S. coal workers with rapidly progressive pneumoconiosis implicates silica and silicates

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 673-680

  Cohen, Robert A ^a   Petsonk, Edward L ^b   Rose, Cecile ^c,d   Young, Byron ^e   Regier, Michael ^f   Najmuddin, Asif ^b   Abraham, Jerrold L ^g   Churg, Andrew ^h   Green, Francis H Y ⁱ  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthracosis; Coal mining; Pathology; Pneumoconiosis; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

COAL; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG RESECTION; MICROSCOPY; MINERAL DUST; PATHOLOGIST; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; LUNG; MALE; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; COAL MINING; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; SILICATES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84986542673     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201505-1014OC     Document Type: Article

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