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Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Stone Miners of India vis-à-vis Silica Exposure
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is one of the biggest public health concerns in India with a prevalence of 195 cases per 100000. Silica is cytotoxic to macrophage which is primary defense mechanism to tubercular bacilli and, hence, exposure to silica dust increases risk for TB. Silica exposed persons are a...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7703819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33281380 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijoem.IJOEM_272_19 |