Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
The diagnostic value of routine spirometry in occupational health practice for early detection of silicosis: a retrospective Belgian study among silica-exposed workers.
Nele Van Loon, Kevin Lamote, David Ruttens, Mathieu Verbrugghe, Sofie Acke, Cindy Mai, Annemiek Snoeckx, Wim Siemons, Steven Ronsmans, Pierre Van Damme, Thérèse Lapperre
Published: 202510.1097/JOM.0000000000003634
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Silicosis is a pneumoconiosis caused by respirable crystalline silica (RCS). As current surveillance methods have low sensitivity for early detection we evaluated the value of pre-diagnostic occupational spirometry monitoring. METHODS: To…
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