Predictive risk factors for development of silicosis in Turkish ceramic workers.

Conclusions: In this study, it has been shown that older age, longer duration of work, smoking, working in clay processing, sanding, glazing or smelting sections increase the risk of silicosis in ceramic workers.
PMID: 31130134 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Tuberkuloz ve Toraks - February 28, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Karataş M, Gündüzöz M, Özakıncı OG, Karkurt Ö, Başer N Tags: Tuberk Toraks Source Type: research