Pneumoconiosis from Agricultural Dust Exposure Among California Farmworkers

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• Personal Author:
  Elvine-Kreiss B ; Green F ; Kim M ; Pinkerton KE ; Schenker MB ; Vallyathan V
• Description:
  We measured the prevalence, severity and histologic character of pulmonary lesions due to dust exposure among Hispanic farmworkers in California. Hispanic males in Central California show early, subclinical histopathological changes consistent with silicosis and mixed-dust pneumoconiosis. Changes were associated with greater severity of dust scores in farmworkers than in non-farmworkers. The natural history and clinical significance of these changes remains to be determined. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Aluminum Silicates Asthma Asthma, Occupational Chronic Disease Demography Dust Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Farmers Irritants Laboratories Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Bronchial-asthma Chronic-exposure Chronic-inflammation Demographic-characteristics Dust-analysis Dust-exposure Dust-inhalation Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Inhalation-studies Laboratory-testing Lung-disease Lung-disorders Lung-function Lung-irritants Mineral-dusts Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Occupational-respiratory-disease Pollutants Pulmonary-disorders Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Respirable-dust Respiratory-hypersensitivity Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Silica-dusts Silicates Statistical-analysis

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• ISSN:
  0025-7818
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  93
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027143
• Citation:
  Med Lav 2002 Oct; 93(Suppl):S36-S37
• CAS Registry Number:
  Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19900930
• Source Full Name:
  La Medicina del Lavoro. 3rd International Symposium on Silica, Silicosis, Cancer and Other Diseases, S. Margherita Ligure, 21-25 October 2002
• Supplement:
  Suppl
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:61ea66fff68e71a9a45a4c2d4e259936c0459ce8997096ab14eade6cdaf5f017facef93a499c8f4983a359e81dcada4a030e479d31192728f69e5632a923e91a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197476/cdc_197476_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 500.04 KB ]