The impact of coal mine dust characteristics on pathways to respiratory harm: Investigating the pneumoconiotic potency of coals

C Kamanzi, M Becker, M Jacobs, P Konečný… - Environmental …, 2023‏ - Springer
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' …

Progressive massive fibrosis: An overview of the recent literature

DN Weissman - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This review provides an overview of literature addressing progressive massive fibrosis
(PMF) from September 2009 to the present. Advances are described in understanding its …

[HTML][HTML] A study of respirable silica in underground coal mines: Sources

C Keles, N Pokhrel, E Sarver - Minerals, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
An ongoing resurgence of occupational lung disease among coal miners in the United
States has been linked to respirable crystalline silica (RCS). To better protect miners, a …

Occupational interstitial lung diseases

H Barnes, I Glaspole - Immunology and Allergy Clinics, 2023‏ - immunology.theclinics.com
Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are a heterogeneous group of parenchymal lung diseases,
some of which arise as a result of genetic susceptibility, as well as external noxious stimuli …

[HTML][HTML] A study of respirable silica in underground coal mines: particle characteristics

C Keles, E Sarver - Minerals, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Respirable crystalline silica is now considered to be a major culprit of resurgent lung
disease among US coal miners—especially in central Appalachia—though questions …

Evaluation of PVC and PTFE filters for direct-on-filter crystalline silica quantification by FTIR

B Osho, M Elahifard, X Wang, B Abbasi… - … of Occupational and …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Pathologic findings in severe coal workers' pneumoconiosis in contemporary US coal miners

CD Cool, J Murray, NI Vorajee… - … of Pathology & …, 2024‏ - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—The pathology of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and its most severe form—
progressive massive fibrosis (PMF)—in US coal miners has changed in recent years. Severe …

In situ lung dust analysis by automated field emission scanning Electron microscopy with Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy: a method for assessing inorganic …

E Sarver, C Keles, H Lowers… - … of Pathology & …, 2024‏ - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—Overexposure to respirable coal mine dust can cause severe lung disease
including progressive massive fibrosis (PMF). Field emission scanning electron microscopy …

Pathology and mineralogy of the pneumoconioses

JT Hua, CD Cool, FHY Green - Seminars in respiratory and …, 2023‏ - thieme-connect.com
Pneumoconioses represent the spectrum of lung diseases caused by inhalation of
respirable particulate matter small enough (typically< 5-µm diameter) to reach the terminal …

Trace Silicon Determination in Biological Samples by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS): Insight into the Volatility of Silicon Species in …

Z Arslan, H Lowers - Minerals, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
A method for the determination of trace levels of silicon from biological materials by
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has been developed. The volatility …