Silicosis and Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Clinical guidelines

Guidelines for the prevention, identification and management of occupational asthma: evidence review and recommendations.
British Occupational Health Research Foundation - Private Nonprofit Organization.  2004.  88 pages.  NGC:003853

Mycobacterial infections.
New York State Department of Health - State/Local Government Agency [U.S.].  2005 May (revised 2006 Sep).  20 pages.  NGC:006468

Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease - Disease Specific Society
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.) - Federal Government Agency [U.S.]
World Health Organization - International Agency.  2006 (revised 2007).  109 pages. 

Clinical trials

Specialized Center of Research in Occupational and Immunologic Lung Disease

Related eMedicine topics

Asbestosis

Histoplasmosis (Thoracic) 

Asbestosis (Pulmonology)

Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis (Pulmonology)

Pulmonary Fibrosis, Interstitial (Pulmonology)

Silicosis (Pulmonology)

Keywords

silicosis, pneumoconiosis, diffuse parenchymal lung disease, CWP, black lung, coal miner's lung, coalminer's lung, coal-miner's lung, coalminer lung, miner's asthma, coal miner's asthma, coalminer's asthma, coalminer asthma, pneumokoniosis, diffuse interstitial fibrosis, DIF, anthracosilicosis, anthracotic tuberculosis, anthracosis, simple coal worker's pneumoconiosis, SCWP, complicated coal worker's pneumoconiosis, CCWP, pulmonary massive fibrosis, PMF, coal macules, emphysema, Caplan syndrome, Caplan's syndrome, Caplan nodules, Caplan's nodules, Caplan lesions, Caplan's lesions, intrapulmonary nodules, silica, silicon dioxide, SiO₂, crystalline silica, pneumoconioses, acute silicoproteinosis, accelerated silicosis, simple chronic nodular silicosis, complex chronic nodular silicosis, dust exposure

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Andrzej R Jedynak, MD, MS, Resident Physician, Department of Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, University Hospital
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Robert A Schwartz, MD, MPH, Professor and Head, Dermatology, Professor of Pathology, Pediatrics, Medicine, and Preventive Medicine and Community Health, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
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