"Silicosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A form of pneumoconiosis resulting from inhalation of dust containing crystalline form of SILICON DIOXIDE, usually in the form of quartz. Amorphous silica is relatively nontoxic.
| Descriptor ID |
D012829
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.381.483.581.760 C08.381.520.702.760 C24.800.834
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Silicosis".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Silicosis".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Silicosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Silicosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Silicosis" by people in Profiles.
-
The Polyhedric Reality of Silicosis. Arch Bronconeumol. 2023 11; 59(11):705-706.
-
Extracellular cathepsin Z signals through the a5 integrin and augments NLRP3 inflammasome activation. J Biol Chem. 2022 01; 298(1):101459.
-
Reply to "Calcified Splenic Lesions: Silicosis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Should Be Considered in the Differential Diagnosis". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020 12; 215(6):W64.
-
The Limits of Pattern Recognition: Nodular Lung Disease in a Syrian Refugee. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 10; 14(10):1591-1594.
-
An 84-year-old man with acute dyspnea and chronic radiographic findings. Chest. 2013 Sep; 144(3):1076-1079.
-
Peritoneal silicosis. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1996 Mar; 120(3):300-2.