​CDPH Occupational Health Branch Silicosis Publications

​Rise in Lung Transplantation for Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis and Silicosis
​​American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, January 2025

​Deadly Countertops: An Urgent Need to Eliminate Silicosis among Engineered Stone Workers​
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, December 2024​​

Silicosis associated with engineered stone exposures and tuberculosis: overlaps in clinical presentation and delayed diagnosis​
​American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, May 2024

Notes from the Field: Surveillance of Silicosis Using Electronic Case Reporting — California,​​​
December 2022–July 2023​​​
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), November 2023

Active Surveillance of Engineered Stone Workers Facilitates Early Identification of Silicosis: A Discussion of Surveillance of Occupational Lung Diseases​​​
New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, August 2023

Silicosis Among Immigrant Engineered Stone (Quartz) Countertop Fabrication Workers in California
JAMA Internal Medicine, July 2023​​​

Self-reported​ silica exposures and workplace protections​ among engineered stone fabrication workers in California​​​​
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, October 2022

​​​​Elevated exposures to respirable crystalline silica among engineered stone fabrication workers in California, January 2019–February 2020​​
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, July 2022

Radiographic Screening Reveals High Burden of Silicosis among Workers at an Engineered Stone Countertop Fabrication Facility in California​​​
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, March 2021

Outbreak of Silicosis among Engineered Stone Countertop Workers in Four States​
​NIOSH Science blog, October 2019

Severe Silicosis in Engineered Stone Fabrication Workers — California, Colorado, Texas, and Washington, 2017–2019​​
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), September 2019

Notes from the Field: Silicosis in a Countertop Fabricator – Texas, 2014​​​
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), February 2015​​