Exposure to dust from the mining environment has historically resulted in epidemic levels of
mortality and morbidity from pneumoconiotic diseases such as silicosis, coal workers' …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the most common and severe of the idiopathic interstitial
pneumonias, is a chronic and relentlessly progressive disease, which occurs mostly in …

Atmospheric aerosols and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are a global concern, especially in major
Asian cities, because of their multiple impacts on climate, health, ecology, and the …

The external flow field of roadheader in Daliuta Coal Mine is numerically simulated, and
breathing process of drivers is experimented in this paper. The airflow field of the whole …

The pathetic malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a extremely uncommon and confrontational
tumor that evolves in the mesothelium layer of the pleural cavities (inner lining-visceral …

Occupational crystalline silica (CS) particle exposure leads to silicosis. The burden of CS-
associated disease remains high, and treatment options are limited due to vague …

Long non-coding RNAs play a key role in silicosis, a fatal fibrotic lung disease, and there is
an urgent need to develop new treatment targets. Long intergenic non-protein-coding RNA …

Background Although silica is a proven lung carcinogen, there is no convincing evidence
linking crystalline silica to gastrointestinal malignancies. Methods We detailedly searched …

Several epidemiologic and toxicological studies have widely regarded that mitochondrial
dysfunction is a popular molecular event in the process of silicosis from different …

Abstract Direct-on-Filter (DoF) analysis of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) by Fourier
Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a useful tool for assessing exposure risks. With the …