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We welcome original research, review articles and short reports. Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to, articles focusing on: - Health monitoring and early detection of silicosis and other silica-related conditions - Exposure levels and regulatory thresholds - Policy and compliance studies examining the impact of recent bans and stricter regulations - Effectiveness of protective equipment - Dust suppression techniques - Low-silica and alternative materials Occupational and Environmental Medicine follows a hybrid publication model and authors can choose to pay an Article Processing Fee for open access publication. A number of institutions have an open access agreement with BMJ where the full cost of publishing can be covered; please view the list of institutions to which this applies. BMJ also offers full waivers for authors based in low-income countries; please see further information on our waivers and discounts policy. Please visit our author hub for more information about the benefits of submitting to a Topic Collection. Please see the instructions for authors and submission guidelines for each article type. To submit your article, please follow these instructions and select ‘Silicosis and Engineered Stone’ as the Topic Collection. All submitted articles will be subject to the journal's normal peer review process. The Editor in Chief is responsible for the content of this Topic Collection. Articles accepted for publication will be published upon acceptance. Visit our author hub for more information regarding the publication process for topic collections. For any inquiries regarding this topic collection, please contact topic.collections@bmj.com.

Should engineered stone products be banned? Hans Kromhout, Martie van Tongeren, John W Cherrie (6 August 2024)

Autoimmune diseases, autoantibody status and silicosis in a cohort of 1238 workers from the artificial stone benchtop industry (12 August 2024) Dunya Tomic, Ryan F Hoy, Jesselyn Sin, Javier Jimenez Martin, Stella May Gwini, Hayley Barnes, Mandana Nikpour, Kathleen Morrisroe, Yuan Z Lim, Karen Walker-Bone Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding respirable silica exposure and personal protective equipment use among brick kiln workers in Nepal (2 July 2024) 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 Prevalence and risk factors for silicosis among a large cohort of stone benchtop industry workers (16 June 2023) Ryan F Hoy, Christina Dimitriadis, Michael Abramson, Deborah C Glass, StellaMay Gwini, Fiona Hore-Lacy, Javier Jiminez-Martin, Karen Walker-Bone, Malcolm R Sim Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis (3 May 2022) Jeremy Tang Hua, Lauren Zell-Baran, Leonard H T Go, Mordechai R Kramer, Johanna B Van Bree, Daniel Chambers, David Deller, Katrina Newbigin, Michael Matula, Elizabeth Fireman, Mor Dahbash, Cristina Martinez-Gonzalez, Antonio León-Jimenez, Coralynn Sack, Jaume Ferrer, Ana Villar, Kirsten S Almberg, Robert A Cohen, Cecile S Rose Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and incident idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and pulmonary sarcoidosis: a national prospective follow-up study (13 December 2022) Inge Brosbøl Iversen1, 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 Identification of early-stage silicosis through health screening of stone benchtop industry workers in Victoria, Australia (28 October 2020) Ryan F Hoy, Deborah C Glass, Christina Dimitriadis, Jessy Hansen, Fiona Hore-Lacy, Malcolm R Sim