Radiographic silicosis and lung cancer in Kalgoorlie goldminers

Summary

This project met all its objectives, which were to determine the incidence in former gold miners of radiographic silicosis, to relate this incidence according to the ILO Pneumoconiosis Classification to indices of exposure to silica, and to establish the relation between radiographic silicosis and lung cancer in these goldminers.

Keywords: goldminer, silicosis, pneumoconiosis, lung cancer