Do bullae and emphysema increase risk of pneumothorax in silicosis?
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
- Vol. 2 (1) , 8
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-2-8
Abstract
The occurrence of occupational lung diseases is decreasing due to improvements in occupational health in recent years; however, silicosis and its complications remain important occupational health problems. We have studied the role of emphysema and bullae as predictive factors of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax in acute and accelerated silicosis.Keywords
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