These include pulmonary silicotic nodules, interstitial infiltrate, fibrosis, and pleural thickening.
Mohsin Salih, Tarake Aljarod, Mohamed Ayan, Melnick Jeffrey, Bobby H. Shah 2015, 'Pulmonary Silicosis Presents with Pleural Effusion', Case Reports in Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/543070. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The pulmonary functions were significantly lower among silicotic workers than controls and non-silicotic groups.
Safia Beshir, Hisham Aziz, Weam Shaheen, Eman Eltahlawy 2015, 'Serum Levels of Copper, Ceruloplasmin and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme among Silicoticand Non-Silicotic Workers', Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Scienceshttp://www.id-press.eu/mjms/article/view/334. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Studies reporting results according to silicotic status were grouped together and analyzed.
Satiavani Poinen-Rughooputh, Mahesh Shumsher Rughooputh, Yanjun Guo, Yi Rong, WeihongChen 2016, 'Occupational exposure to silica dust and risk of lung cancer: an updated meta-analysisof epidemiological studies', BMC Public Healthhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3791-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)