Silicosis and tuberculosis: a proposed radiographic classification of tuberculosis to accompany the ILO international classification of radiographs of pneumoconioses.

Factors associated with massive fibrosis in silicosis.

Data on 1432 patients with silicosis on a register in Hong Kong were analysed to examine the association of massive fibrosis with possible predisposing factors. Detailed occupational and clinical histories, clinical records, radiographic readings according to the International Standard Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses, and environmental dust measurements from hygiene surveys were...

Application of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses to Digital Chest Radiographic Images A NIOSH Scientific Workshop

International classification trial of AIA set of 100 radiographs of asbestos workers.

A series of 100 full size radiographs illustrating the range of asbestos related radiographic changes was collected by the Asbestos International Association to provide a demonstration and teaching supplement to the ILO 1980 International Classification of the Radiographic Appearances of Pneumoconioses. Each film was read by 12 experienced readers from ten countries; the readings have been summ...

Silicosis in the twenty first century.

flint) is perhaps the oldest occupational disease, probably existing in the paleolithic period. Hippocrates and Pliny refer to the disorder. Some of the most tragic and wanton examples of occupational disease were due to silicosis, for example, how table blade grinding in Sheffield (1886) robbed workers of 25 years of life, or the Gauley Bridge disaster in West Virginia (1931). Perusing a recen...

The Japanese Classification of Computed Tomography for Pneu- moconioses with Standard Films: Comparison with the ILO International Classification of Radiographs for Pneumoconioses

The Japanese Classification of Computed Tomography for Pneumoconioses with Standard Films: Comparison with the ILO International Classification of Radiographs for Pneumoconioses: Narufumi SUGANUMA, et al. Department of Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Fukui Medical University—Objective: Computed tomography (CT) has recently come to be used for personal diagnosis of pneumoconioses and p...