Artificial stone-associated silicosis in Belgium

Occup Environ Med. 2019 Feb;76(2):133-134. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2018-105436. Epub 2018 Nov 1.

Authors

Steven Ronsmans^{1

2}, Lynn Decoster³, Stephan Keirsbilck¹, Eric K Verbeken⁴, Benoit Nemery^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Clinic of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
² Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Environment and Health, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Department of Pulmonology, AZ Turnhout, Turnhout, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 30385463
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2018-105436

No abstract available

Keywords: inorganic dusts; pneumoconioses; silicosis.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Belgium
Humans
Occupational Diseases*
Silicosis*