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1. Silicosis (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Silicosis is a respiratory disease caused by breathing in (inhaling) silica dust. • Reviewer: David A. Kaufman, MD, Section Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Bridgeport Hospital-Yale New Haven Health System, and Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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2. Silicosis -- MedicineNet
Silicosis definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms. medical dictionary A-Z List > Silicosis. Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitions. online medical dictionary A-Z List.
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=13436

3. Silicosis -- Information from Harvard Medical School
Silicosis can cause progressive fibrosis in the lung with a significant decrease in lung function, especially in cigarette smokers. Like silicosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis can cause significant fibrosis, primarily in miners who have worked...
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/31340.html

4. Silicosis -- The World Health Organization
The ILO/WHO International Programme on the Global Elimination of Silicosis, launched in 1995, aims at the global reduction and eventual elimination of silicosis. Silicosis results in conditions such as lung fibrosis and emphysema.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs238/en/

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