Respiratory surveillance in mineral dust-exposed workers

Clare Wood; Deborah Yates

doi:10.1183/20734735.0362-2019

Respiratory surveillance in mineral dust-exposed workers

Clare Wood, Deborah Yates

Breathe 2020 16: 190632; DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0362-2019

Clare Wood

1Wood Consulting Partners, Brisbane, Australia

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For correspondence: d.yates@unsw.edu.au

Deborah Yates

2Dept of Thoracic Medicine, St Vincent's Public Hospital, Sydney, Australia

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Conditions caused by mineral dust exposure or other inhaled agents in coal mines
COPD
Pneumoconioses (CWP, silicosis)
Lung cancer (silica)
Diffuse dust-related fibrosis
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Sarcoidosis?
The increased incidence of tuberculosis and fungal infections in silica-exposed workers should also be noted.

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