Response to: Correspondence on 'Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis by Hoy et al

We thank Dr Hoy and Dr Sim for their comments on our recent study.1 We wish to respond to three key points raised in their letter to the editor.2 First, we agree that the number of workers enrolled in the Engineered Stone Silicosis Investigators (ESSI) Global Silicosis Registry is indeed a small subset of those with engineered stone (ES) silicosis. We welcome the inclusion of many more Australian workers with silicosis in the registry to better define the demographic, exposure and clinical features that vary widely among patients from different countries, due in part to differences in case ascertainment. We have been particularly eager to involve our colleagues from China, the largest exporter of ES products worldwide, in this work. Efforts to build cooperation with China and other countries (eg, Turkey, India and Russia) producing much of the world’s ES have been stymied by international...

Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - November 15, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hua, J. T., Zell-Baran, L., Go, L. H. T., Kramer, M. R., Van Bree, J. B., Chambers, D., Newbigin, K., Deller, D., Matula, M., Fireman, E., Dahbash, M., Martinez-Gonzalez, C., Leon-Jimenez, A., Sack, C., Ferrer Sancho, J., Villar, A., Almberg, K. S., Cohen Tags: PostScript Source Type: research