ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2024
Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and incident idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and pulmonary sarcoidosis: a national prospective follow-up study.
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- Occupational exposure to toxic particles and risk of pulmonary sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open respiratory research · 2026Pooled it
- Silicosis, Sarcoidosis, and Silicosarcoidosis Are Overlapping Diagnoses and Difficult to Differentiate.American journal of industrial medicine · 2026Article
- Behavioural changes in exposure patterns after genetic counselling among asymptomatic first-degree relatives of patients with pulmonary fibrosis and carriers of a telomere-related gene variant.ERJ open research · 2026Article
- Reducing uncertainty in assessment of occupational diseases informs prevention.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Particles exposures and sarcoidosis.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2025Article
- The Role of Particle Inhalation in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Silicosarcoidosis: Histologic and Clinical Features of an Occupational Granulomatous Disease.American journal of industrial medicine · 2025Article
- A less detailed job axis in a quantitative job-exposure matrix results in a similar exposure-response association.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Calprotectin inhibition attenuates silica-induced lung fibrosis.Inflammopharmacology · 2025Article
- A review of silicosis and other silica-related diseases in the engineered stone countertop processing industry.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2025Review
- Unveiling the threat of crystalline silica on the cardiovascular system. A comprehensive review of the current knowledge.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Exploring the role of silica exposure in the aetiology of interstitial lung disorders.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundRespirable crystalline silica is a well-known cause of silicosis but may also be associated with other types of interstitial lung disease. We examined the associations between occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and the risk of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, pulmonary sarcoidosis and silicosis.
methodsThe total Danish working population was followed 1977-2015. Annual individual exposure to respirable crystalline silica was estimated using a quantitative job exposure matrix. Cases were identified in the Danish National Patient Register. We conducted adjusted analyses of exposure-response relations between cumulative silica exposure and other exposure metrics and idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, pulmonary sarcoidosis and silicosis.
resultsMean cumulative exposure was 125 µg/m
conclusionThis study suggests that silica inhalation may be related to pulmonary sarcoidosis and idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, though these findings may to some extent be explained by diagnostic misclassification. The observed exposure-response relations for silicosis at lower cumulative exposure levels than previously reported need to be corroborated in analyses that address the limitations of this study.
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