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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0465-546X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. segur. trab.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0465-546X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Escuela Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo. Instituto de Salud Carlos III]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0465-546X2022000100002</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4321/s0465-546x2022000100002</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Silicosis en trabajadores expuestos a conglomerados de cuarzo]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Silicosis in workers exposed to quartz conglomerates]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rattia-Rivas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cesar Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martinez-Aguirre]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Affinito]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marianna]]></given-names>
</name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lonighi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sherry Sue]]></given-names>
</name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Maqueda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jerónimo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Basurto Unidad Básica de Prevención ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bilbao ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Oviedo ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital San Pedro Servicio Riojano de Salud Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Logroño ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Clínico San Carlos Servicio de prevención de riesgos laborales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Salud Carlos III Escuela Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af7">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>68</volume>
<numero>266</numero>
<fpage>11</fpage>
<lpage>24</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0465-546X2022000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0465-546X2022000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0465-546X2022000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: la silicosis, enfermedad crónica, causada por la inhalación de polvo de sílice cristalina, sigue siendo un problema de salud laboral vigente. El objetivo de la investigación consistió en estimar el riesgo de silicosis complicada y/o acelerada en trabajadores expuestos a polvo de sílice de conglomerados de cuarzo frente al riesgo de los trabajadores expuestos a roca ornamental.  Método: se desarrolló un estudio analítico de casos y controles prevalentes en trabajadores cuya vigilancia de la salud se realizó en el instituto Nacional de Silicosis (España), entre el 1 de enero de 2008 y el 31 de diciembre de 2018 (N = 90). El valor de la significación de todos los contrastes de hipótesis realizados fue &#945; = 0,05.  Resultados: se determinó mayor riesgo de silicosis complicada en los trabajadores expuestos a polvo de sílice proveniente del uso de conglomerados de cuarzo mediante el cálculo de Chi cuadrado, con un total de 7 casos (46,67%) de silicosis complicada (p = 0,046).  Conclusiones: existe mayor riesgo de silicosis complicada en los trabajadores expuestos a polvo de sílice proveniente del uso de conglomerados de cuarzo frente a los expuestos a polvo de sílice de roca ornamental. No se observó relación entre el riesgo de desarrollar silicosis acelerada y la exposición a conglomerados de cuarzo en la muestra analizada.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: silicosis, a chronic disease caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust, continues to be a current occupational health problem. The objective of the research was to estimate the risk of complicated and/or accelerated silicosis in workers exposed to silica dust from quartz conglomerates compared to the risk of workers exposed to ornamental rock.  Method: an analytical study of cases and controls prevalent in workers whose health surveillance was carried out at the National Institute of Silicosis (Spain), between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2018 was developed (N = 90). The significance value of all the hypotheses tests performed was &#945; = 0.05.  Results: a higher risk of complicated silicosis was determined in workers exposed to silica dust from the use of quartz conglomerates by calculating Chi square, with a total of 7 cases (46.67%) of complicated silicosis (p = 0.046).  Conclusions: there is a higher risk of complicated silicosis in workers exposed to silica dust from the use of quartz conglomerates compared to those exposed to silica dust from ornamental rock. No relationship was observed between the risk of developing accelerated silicosis and exposure to quartz conglomerates in the analyzed sample.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[piedra artificial]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[silicosis complicada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[silicosis acelerada]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[quartz]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[artificial stone]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ornamental rock]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[complicated silicosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[accelerated silicosis]]></kwd>
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