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Crystalline silica has been classified as a definite carcinogen (Group 1) causing lung cancer by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). In Korea, crystalline silica has been the...
BACKGROUND: Occupational exposure to crystalline silica is a potential risk factor for various systemic autoimmune diseases including systemic sclerosis. The etiology of systemic sclerosis is not conclusively known, but there...
An understanding of the characteristics of occupational lung cancer is important to establish policies that prevent carcinogen exposure and to compensate workers exposed to lung carcinogens. This study analyzed the...
Jeong I, Ryu I, Kim B, Park I, Won JU, Kim EA, Kim I, Roh J
KMID: 2379962
Ann Occup Environ Med.
2013 ;25(1):16.
BACKGROUND: Iron and steel foundry workers are exposed to various toxic and carcinogenic substances including crystalline silica, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and arsenic. Studies have been conducted on lung cancer in...
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to find out the activity of autoproliferation
of ratfibroblast exposed to crystalline silica and the role of mediators secreted from rat fibroblast.
METHODS: The...