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Cumulative Exposure of Dust Stone Serum Levels to Interleukin-13 and Lung Function of Breaking Stones Workers

Ida Ayu Jasminarti, Winariani Departemen Pulmonologi dan Kedokteran Respirasi Universitas Airlangga Surabaya Abstract Background: Stone mining is a profession with high risks to occupational lung disease due to silica inhalation in working environment causing silicosis. Silicosis is a fibrosing disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation, retention, and pulmonary reaction to crystalline silica. Particles […]