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Original research

Workplace

• Original research: Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and incident idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and pulmonary sarcoidosis: a national prospective follow-up study (20 June, 2024)

  Inge Brosbøl Iversen, Jesper Medom Vestergaard, Johan Ohlander, Susan Peters, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Jens Peter Ellekilde Bonde, Vivi Schlünssen, Jakob Hjort Bønløkke, Finn Rasmussen, Zara Ann Stokholm, Michael Brun Andersen, Hans Kromhout, Henrik Albert Kolstad
• Original research: Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding respirable silica exposure and personal protective equipment use among brick kiln workers in Nepal (2 July, 2024) Free

  Chelsea Gaviola, Laura Nicolaou, Arun K Sharma, Ram Chandyo, David Parker, Laxman Shrestha, Santa K Das, Gurumurthy Ramachandran, Steven M Thygerson, Laura Beres, William Checkley
• Original research: Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners (17 June, 2024)

  Leonard H T Go, Kirsten S Almberg, Lee S Friedman, Lauren Zell-Baran, Cecile S Rose, Robert A Cohen
• Original research: Lack of association of impaired upper airway sensation with the presence or absence of obstructive sleep apnoea or chronic rhinosinusitis in World Trade Center responders (13 June, 2024)

  Jag Sunderram, Alicia Legard, Adriana De Resende, Kathleen Black, Iris G Udasin, Shou-en Lu, Horacio Romero Castillo, Sri Saranya Ravi, Anna E Mullins, Rafael E de la Hoz, David M Rapoport, Indu Ayappa
• Original research: Thin seams and small mines are associated with higher exposures to respirable crystalline silica in US underground coal mines (27 June, 2024)

  Yuan Shao, Kirsten S Almberg, Lee S Friedman, Robert A Cohen, Leonard H T Go
• Original research: Relationships between asbestos exposure and pleural plaques: dose and time effects using fractional polynomials (26 June, 2024)

  Morgane Menant, Ilyes Benlala, Isabelle Thaon, Pascal Andujar, Benoist Julia, Patrick Brochard, Christos Chouaid, Bénédicte Clin, Antoine Gislard, Celine Gramond, Christophe Paris, Jean-Claude Pairon, Fleur Delva