Table 1.
References on PMF included in review.
| Subject area / reference | Type of study | Comment |
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| Occurrence of PMF and Related Conditions in Work and Environmental Settings | ||
| Coal Mining | ||
| Almberg et al., 2018 | Observational, no control | Reports findings among those filing for benefits from the U.S. Black Lung Benefits Program for the period 1970–2016 |
| Blackley et al., 2014 | Observational, no control | Reports findings from U.S. coal miners participating in a health screening program, 2005–2012 |
| Blackley et al., 2016 | Observational, no control | Reports a cluster of coal miners with PMF1 cared for in a clinic in eastern Kentucky |
| Blackley, Halldin, & Laney, 2018 | Observational, no control | Reports findings from national surveillance for pneumoconiosis in U.S. coal miners, 1970–2017 |
| Blackley, Reynolds, Short, et al., 2018 | Observational, no control | Reports a cluster of coal miners with PMF cared for in 3 clinics in western Virginia |
| Graber et al., 2017 | Observational, no control | Reports findings among those filing for benefits from the U.S. Black Lung Benefits Program for the period 2001 to 2013 |
| Halldin et al., 2015 | Observational, no control | Describes 8 surface coal miners with PMF identified in U.S. screening program, 2010–2011 |
| Hall et al., 2020 | Observational, no control | Reports findings among U.S. surface coal miners participating in national surveillance, 2014–2019 |
| Hall et al., 2022 | Observational, no control | Reports findings among American Indian/Alaska native participants in national surveillance, 2014–2019 |
| Laney & Attfield, 2010 | Observational, no control | Reports findings among U.S. coal miners participating in national surveillance, 1970–2009 |
| Laney, Petsonk, & Attfield, 2010 | Observational, no control | Reports findings among U.S. coal miners participating in national surveillance, 1980–2008 |
| Laney, Wolfe, Petsonk et al., 2012 | Observational, no control | Reports findings among U.S. surface coal miners screened for pneumoconiosis, 2010–2011 |
| Laney, Petsonk, Hale, et al., 2012 | Observational, no control | Reports findings among U.S. coal miners participating in health screening, 2005–2009 |
| Reynolds et al., 2018 | Observational, no control | Reports results of interviews to identify hazards experienced by19 former U.S. coal miners with PMF |
| Tomaskova et al., 2012 | Observational, cohort study with comparison to general male population | Former coal miners in the Czech Republic without coal workers’ pneumoconiosis or with varying degrees of radiological severity of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis |
| Vallyathan et al., 2011 | Observational, no control | Reports results of lung histopathology from coal miners’ autopsies submitted to U.S. government program, 1971–1996 |
| Wade et al., 2011 | Observational, no control | Reports findings among coal miners filing for compensation from the West Virginia State Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board, 2000–2009 |
| Settings Associated with Silicosis | ||
| Bakan et al. 2012 | Observational, follow up of clinical cohort | Describes features of silicosis in 32 Turkish denim sandblasters followed for a median of 29 months (range 3–101 months). |
| Govindagoudar et al., 2021 | Observational, no control | Reports results of radiographic screening of stone crushing workers in India |
| Hua et al., 2022 | Observational, no control | Describes features of registrants in an international registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis |
| Hoyet al., 2017 | Observational, no control | Case series of silicosis in 7 Australian workers engaged in workwith artificial stone |
| Kramer et al., 2012 | Observational, no control | Describes 25 artificial stone workers with silicosis who were referred to a lung transplantation program in Israel |
| Lopes et al., 2012 | Observational, cross-sectional comparison of sandblasters and stone carvers | Describes and compares features of silicosis in 25 Brazilian shipyard sandblasters and 16 Brazilian stone carvers |
| Nandi et al., 2021 | Observational, no control | Describes silicosis in sandstone mine workers in Rajasthan, India. |
| Nicol et al., 2015 | Observational, no control | Describes 6 cases of silicosis among stonemasons <40 years old in the UK |
| Reilly et al., 2018 | Observational, no control | Describes cases of silicosis reported to the state of Michigan, 1988–2016 |
| Siribaddana et al., 2016 | Observational, no control | Describes silicosis in employees of a quartz processing facility in Sri Lanka |
| Spalgais et al., 2015 | Observational, no control | Describes 6 cases of nonoccupational anthracosis and silicosis among homemakers in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Wu et al., 2020 | Observational, cross-sectional comparison of artificial and natural stone workers | Describes and compares features of silicosis in China in18 artificial stone workers and 63 natural stone workers who had worked in jade processing or in mines |
| Progression to PMF | ||
| Almberg et al., 2020 | Observational, no control (cohort) | Reports findings among those filing for benefits from the U.S. Black Lung Benefits Program who had more than one chest x-ray in the period 2000–2013 |
| Laney et al., 2017 | Observational, no control (cohort) | Reports findings among U.S. coal miners first found to have PMF during national surveillance conducted 2000–2016 who had at least one prior chest x-ray |
| León-Jiménez et al., 2020 | Observational, no control (cohort) | Reports findings among 106 Spanish artificial stone workers diagnosed with silicosis from 2009 to 2018 with subsequent clinical follow up for a mean of 4 years |
| Association Between PMF and Pulmonary Function | ||
| Grubstein et al., 2016 | Observational, no control | Describes findings in marble workers exposed to artificial stone dust referred to an outpatient pulmonary clinic in Israel, 1997–2015 |
| Kurth et al., 2020 | Observational, no control | Describes findings in U.S. coal miners participating in health screening, 2005–2016 |
| Rosenman et al., 2010 | Observational, no control | Describes findings in individuals with silicosis reported to the Michigan Silicosis Registry, 1985–2002. |
| Wang et al., 2013 | Observational, no control | Reports findings among U.S. coal miners participating in health screening, 2005–2009 |
| Imaging of PMF | ||
| Choi et al., 2020 | Retrospective evaluation of patient data | Retrospective evaluation of PET2/CT3 findings from 49 patients with pneumoconiosis being evaluated for suspected lung cancer |
| Chung et al., 2010 | Retrospective evaluation of patient data | Retrospective evaluation of FDG4/PET findings from 9 patients with PMF |
| Friedman et al., 2021 | Observational, no control | Describes findings of physicians classifying chest x-rays in U.S. Black Lung Benefits proceedings that were filed 2000–2013 |
| Guneyli et al., 2021 | Retrospective evaluation of patient data | Describes magnetic resonance imaging findings in 60 male patients with histories of working in underground coal mines who were evaluated due to suspicion of lung cancer after computed tomography. |
| Halldin et al., 2020a | Observational, no control | Describes findings on chest radiographs showing PMF obtained from U.S. coal miners participating in periodic health surveillance from 2000 to 2015 |
| Hekimoğlu et al., 2010 | Prospective evaluation of patient data | Describes findings from 20 coal workers with PMF evaluated with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging |
| Jones et al., 2020 | Observational, no control | Describes and provides review of radiologic findings encountered during Australian outbreak of silicosis in artificial stone workers and provides examples from several individual cases |
| Ogihara et al., 2018 | Retrospective evaluation of clinical data | Retrospective evaluation of 28 patients with known pneumoconiosis undergoing magnetic resonance imaging because of concern for possible lung cancer |
| Ozmen et al., 2010 | Observational, no control | Describes chest computed tomography in 60 consecutive patients with histories of exposure to silica during denim sandblasting presenting for care at a clinic in Turkey |
| Sari et al., 2022 | Observational, no control | Describes chest computed tomography in 90 patients with PMF primarily after coal mine dust or silica exposure in Turkey |
| Takahashi et al., 2018 | Observational, cross-sectional comparison 2 occupational groups. | Describes and compares radiologic findings in 66 patients with arc welders’ pneumoconiosis and 33 patients with silicosis seen in Japanese clinics |
| Zhang et al., 2017 | Retrospective evaluation of clinical data | Compares magnetic resonance imaging findings from 25 patients with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and PMF and 34 patients with lung-tumor like lesions (21 had lung cancer) |
| Mechanisms of PMF Development | ||
| Cohen et al., 2016 | Observational, no control | Reports histopathology and lung particle analysis from 13 coal miners with rapidly progressive pneumoconiosis |
| Cohen et al., 2022 | Observational, with comparison group | Reports histopathology and lung particle analysis from 85 coal miners with PMF, compares coal miners born before and after 1930 |
| García-Núñez et al., 2022 | Observational, with comparison group | Reports and compares blood inflammation biomarkers in 53 artificial stone workers with small opacity silicosis, 38 with PMF, and 22 healthy male volunteers |
| Komai et al., 2019 | Animal model | Describes animal model of silicosis induced by intratracheal instillation of silica in F344 rats |
| Lee et al., 2015 | Observational, cross-sectional comparison of subgroups | Describes findings in 106 male retired Korean coal miners, with results compared between those without pneumoconiosis, those with small opacity pneumoconiosis, and those with large opacities (PMF) |
| León-Jiménez et al., 2021 | Observational, no comparison group | Describes histopathologic and mineralogic analyses of lung biopsies from seven engineered stone workers with silicosis, four of which developed PMF during follow up |
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Progressive massive fibrosis.
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Positron emission tomography.
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Computedtomography.
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18-Fluorine-labeled 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-d-glucose.