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Occupational and environmental lung diseases

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Review examines lung disease linked to artificial-stone dust

This systematic review examined clinical, lung-function, imaging, and workplace findings in people diagnosed with artificial stone silicosis, an occupational lung disease associated with dust exposure during artificial-stone work. Across the reviewed reports, some patients had severe lung changes even when standard lung tests or chest radiographs did not detect early disease.

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