Internal and external silica dust exposure threshold as an early screening index for silicosis: a cross-sectional study
Blood silicon, urine silicon, and cumulative dust exposure were initially proposed as early screening indicators for silicosis. Validation with external worker data showed that blood silicon had relatively high threshol reliability as a screening marker.
Authors
- Shupeng Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0160-3658)
- Lei Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0942-3718)
- Hailan He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1095-4786)
- Yang Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8783-8652)
- Yuesong Zhai
- Qiong Song
- Heliang Liu
Institutions
- North China University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Central Hospital of Zibo (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1652017
- Primary Topic
- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China