Coal workers' pneumoconiosis and other mining-related lung disease: new manifestations of illness in an age-old occupation

LHT Go, RA Cohen - Clinics in chest medicine, 2020 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Mining-related lung diseases are a group of preventable chronic lung diseases associated
with extractive activities performed at or below the surface of the earth. These diseases arise …

Mining is bad for health: a voyage of discovery

AG Stewart - Environmental geochemistry and health, 2020 - Springer
Mining continues to be a dangerous activity, whether large-scale industrial mining or small-
scale artisanal mining. Not only are there accidents, but exposure to dust and toxins, along …

Genetic susceptibility in pneumoconiosis in China: a systematic review

SY Chair, JYW Chan, BMH Law, MMY Waye… - International Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
Objective Pneumoconiosis, encompassing coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis
and asbestosis, is one of the most common occupational diseases in China. Previous …

Candidate gene polymorphisms associated with silicosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Zhang, D Sun, Y Song, Q Ye - BMC pulmonary medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Silicosis and coal worker's pneumoconiosis primarily result from exposure to
silica and coal dust. Despite similar exposure levels, individuals exhibit varying responses …

Associations of SMAD4 rs10502913 and NLRP3 rs1539019 polymorphisms with risk of coal workers' pneumoconiosis susceptibility in Chinese Han Population

H Zhao, Y Huang, H Wang, J Zhao, S Tian… - Pharmacogenomics …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose CWP is an untreatable but preventable fibrotic lung disease caused by the chronic
inhalation of coal dust. Genetic factors such as polymorphisms play an important role in the …

[HTML][HTML] Correlations of mucin 5B gene polymorphisms and expression levels with the risk of onset of coal workers' pneumoconiosis

L Yang, H Deng, H Chen, M Wu, J Li, T Zhang - Medicine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
This study investigates the correlations of mucin 5B (MUC5B) rs2672794, rs2075854, and
rs868903 polymorphisms and MUC5B expression level with the risk of the onset of coal …

Toxicidad asociada a residuos de carbón en personas expuestas a minería

AF Cerón Vasallo, DE Arrieta Ospino, G Barros Serna… - 2021 - bonga.unisimon.edu.co
La minería es un sector estratégico para el desarrollo de los países, a lo largo de los años
se han explotado la extracción de carbón en muchos lugares, en Colombia el carbón es el …

Pulmonary Manifestations of Predominantly Antibody Deficiencies

A Saghazadeh, N Rezaei - Pulmonary Manifestations of Primary …, 2019 - Springer
Predominantly antibody deficiencies (PADs) are the most frequent forms of primary
immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs). Commonly accompanied with complications involving …