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Table 3 Sociodemographic and epidemiological data

From: Compositional and structural analysis of engineered stones and inorganic particles in silicotic nodules of exposed workers

Patients

Age*

Year*

Duration of exposure (years)

Latency†

Smoking status*, ‡

pack-years*

Type of lung biopsyξ

S1

26

2010

10

10

S

10

TBB

S2

31

2010

15

16

NS

-

TBB

S3

33

2010

10

11

S

1

TBB

S4

37

2010

10

10

NS

-

TBB

S5

37

2010

13

13

S

3

TBB

S6

41

2018

15

18

NS

-

VATS

S7

46

2016

23

23

Ex

25

VATS

  1. * At the time of lung biopsy
  2. †Latency period (years) from onset of exposure to biopsy
  3. ‡S: Smoker. NS: Non-Smoker. Ex: Ex-smoker
  4. ξTBB: Transbronchial biopsy. VATS: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
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Particle and Fibre Toxicology

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