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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Autores principales: Nandi, Subroto, Nimje, Shalvin, Dhumne, Umesh, Dhatrak, Sarang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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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

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