title: A study of siliceous pneumoconiosis in a desert area of Sunan County, Gansu Province, China.
abstract: Three hundred and ninety five residents in a desert area were examined with chest radiographs and 28 cases with siliceous pneumoconiosis were found. The prevalence of siliceous pneumoconiosis was 7.09%, and that over 40 years of age was 21%. The histological findings of lungs from a camel living in that area for 20 years also confirmed to have siliceous pneumoconiosis.
authors.affiliation: People's Hospital of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China.
authors.forename: X Z
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: X S
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Men
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Si
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D002162:Camelus; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003889:Desert Climate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization; D008875:Middle Aged; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D015995:Prevalence; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D012822:Silicon Dioxide