Wagner J C, Pooley F D, Gibbs A, Lyons J, Sheers G, Moncrieff C B
Thorax. 1986 Mar;41(3):190-6. doi: 10.1136/thx.41.3.190.
A combined clinical, radiological, pathological, and mineralogical study was undertaken on 62 cases referred to the Medical Research Council Pneumoconiosis Unit by the Cardiff Pneumoconiosis Panel as Cornish china clay workers. Considerable pathological lesions were found in the lungs, both nodular and interstitial fibroses being present. Some men had worked with china stone but others had worked entirely with china clay. Nodular fibrosis appeared to be related to a high quartz content of the dust recovered from the lung, whereas among those with a high content of kaolinite dust in the lungs interstitial fibrosis was observed.
对卡迪夫尘肺病专家组转至医学研究委员会尘肺病研究室的62名康沃尔瓷土工人进行了临床、放射学、病理学和矿物学综合研究。肺部发现了相当严重的病理病变,既有结节性纤维化,也有间质性纤维化。一些人曾接触过瓷石,而另一些人则只接触过瓷土。结节性纤维化似乎与从肺部回收的粉尘中高石英含量有关,而在肺部高岭土粉尘含量高的人中观察到了间质性纤维化。