Engineered Stone-Associated Silicosis-A Lethal Variant of an Ancient Disease

Jeremy T Hua^{1

2}, Cecile S Rose^{1

2}, Carrie A Redlich³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado.
² Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora.
³ Department of Medicine, Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

Comment

Jeremy T Hua et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 1;183(9):908-910.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.3260.

Jeremy T Hua^{1

2}, Cecile S Rose^{1

2}, Carrie A Redlich³

¹ Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado.
² Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora.
³ Department of Medicine, Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

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