Joint effects of smoking and silicosis on diseases to the lungs.

Smokers are subject to being more susceptible to the long-term effects of silica dust, whilst it remains unclear whether the joint effect of smoking and silicosis differs amongst diseases to the lungs; this study aims to address this knowledge gap. This was a historical cohort study comprised of 320...

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Main Authors: Lap Ah Tse, Ignatius T S Yu, Hong Qiu, Chi Chiu Leung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25105409/?tool=EBI