Silicosis Deaths Among Young Adults – United States, 1968–1994

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Silicosis is a potentially fatal and typically chronic fibrotic lung disease caused by occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust (1). In the United States, most silicosis-associated deaths occur among persons aged greater than or equal to 65 years (2), often following many years of silica dust exposure. However, the continuing occurrence of silicosis deaths in young adults reflects relatively recent overexposures, some of sufficient magnitude to cause severe disease and death after relatively short periods of exposure. This report describes deaths among two young adults with silicosis and underscores the risk for deaths from silicosis at relatively young ages. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Silicates Dust Irritants Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Compounds Silicon Dioxide

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• Keywords:
  Dust-exposure Dust-inhalation Exposure-levels Lung-disease Pulmonary-disorders Pulmonary-system-disorders Respirable-dust Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Sand-blasting Silica-dusts Silicate-miners Silicates Silicon-compounds Silicosis

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• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  47
• Issue:
  16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000152
• Citation:
  MMWR 1998 May; 47(16):331-335
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0b9e6681ef7371a1e1a5e2d562bbd2d02443da0e6a37d0e5f02a757e17c2d57c5b0d7e0cc131903387263732e902121683fac8e0151550cf57ae3381f297d4e9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183294/cdc_183294_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 198.57 KB ]