Silicosis and urinary analysis

response articles: micro and macro analysis

the present study reports an analysis of response articles in four different disciplines in the social sciences, i.e., linguistics, english for specific purposes (esp), accounting, and psychology. the study has three phases: micro analysis, macro analysis, and e-mail interview. the results of the micro analysis indicate that a three-level linguistic pattern is used by the writers in order to cr...

Silicosis: cluster in sandblasters--Texas, and occupational surveillance for silicosis.

In November 1988, a physician in west Texas reported three cases of silicosis in sandblasters to the Ector County Health Department (ECHD). One of the workers, a 34-year-old man, subsequently died with acute silicotic alveolar proteinosis. All three workers had been employed at a facility that sandblasted oil-field drilling pipes. Following the physician's report, in January 1989, the ECHD and ...

Silica, Silicosis, and Autoimmunity

Inhalation of dust containing crystalline silica is associated with a number of acute and chronic diseases including systemic autoimmune diseases. Evidence for the link with autoimmune disease comes from epidemiological studies linking occupational exposure to crystalline silica dust with the systemic autoimmune diseases systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis...

Silicosis and Asbestosis

Acute Silicosis

A QUARTER of the earth's crust is composed of silicon, so it is not surprising that the inhalation of dust has been recognised for centuries as a cause of shortness of breath in miners and stone operatives. In 1649 Dimerbrook (Collins, 1915) described chest rigidity associated with dyspncea in the granite workers of the Carpathians, who were themselves painfully aware of the occupational hazard...