Silicosis, The Most Important of Pneumonioses
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Background and aims The most common identifiable causes for ILD are related to occupational and environmental exposures, especially to inorganic dusts and silica dust in one of the most important occupational respiratory toxins that causes silicosis. Silicosis can occur in chronic, accelerated and acute forms. Occupational exposure to crystalline silica dust in many industrial operatio...
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تاریخ انتشار 2017