Background: Africa comprises the bulk of struggling economies. However, Sub-Saharan
Africa is experiencing rapid industrialization and urbanization. Excessive resource use …

Introduction Pneumococcal disease (PD) significantly contributes to morbidity and mortality,
carrying substantial economic and public health burden. This article is a targeted review of …

Introduction and aims Workplace exposures are widely known to cause specific
occupational diseases such as silicosis and asbestosis, but they also can contribute …

Workers occupationally exposed to welding dusts and fumes have been suspected to be at
increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). Since the 2010s, the United …

The objectives of this study are to elucidate the early history of risk for pneumococcal
pneumonia from occupational exposure to metal fumes and dusts, and to demonstrate the …

Quarrying activities are among the significant sources of pollution caused by particulate
matter (PM) in ambient air. Besides affecting the environment, PM exposure is one of the …

Objectives To investigate the causal relationships between pneumoconiosis and rheumatoid
arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and gout. Methods The random-effects …

The etiology of autoimmune disease pathogeneses remains obscure, and the impact of
general environmental or occupational exposure to external airborne agents (EAA) on …

We examined 136 workers of a ferrous metals industry and compared the prevalence of the
carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus spp. and macrolide resistance genes …

The current global outbreak of artificial stone silicosis is a recrudescence of a major
occupational disease in the context of a novel exposure source. Respirable crystalline silica …