Pathology and mineralogy demonstrate respirable crystalline silica is a major cause of severe pneumoconiosis in US coal miners

…, MS Orandle, S Sanyal, NI Vorajee… - Annals of the …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The reasons for resurgent coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and its most severe
forms, rapidly progressive pneumoconiosis and progressive massive fibrosis (PMF), in the …

38 years of autopsy findings in South African mine workers

N Ndlovu, G Nelson, N Vorajee… - American journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background South African miners have a statutory right to autopsies for occupational lung
disease compensation. These autopsies also provide information for research and …

Non-diabetic ketoacidosis associated with a low carbohydrate, high fat diet in a postpartum lactating female

S Marzban, M Arbee, N Vorajee… - Oxford Medical Case …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A 31-year old non-diabetic woman presented to our hospital with symptoms of dehydration,
drowsiness, fatigue, shortness of breath and vomiting present for two consecutive days prior …

Silicosis and pulmonary tuberculosis in deceased female South African miners

N Ndlovu, G Richards, N Vorajee… - Occupational …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Implementation of South Africa’s 2002 Mining Charter increased women’s
participation in underground mining. However, occupational lung diseases (OLDs) in female gold …

Pathologic Findings in Severe Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis in Contemporary US Coal Miners

CD Cool, J Murray, NI Vorajee… - … of Pathology & …, 2023 - meridian.allenpress.com
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Effects of commodity on the risk of emphysema in South African miners

…, L Friedman, RA Cohen, N Ndlovu, N Vorajee… - International Archives of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose To examine associations between mine commodity such as coal, platinum, or
diamonds and emphysema among South African miners at autopsy. Methods We examined the …

Characterizing lung particulates using quantitative microscopy in coal miners with severe pneumoconiosis

…, SM Majka, AD Franko, NI Vorajee… - … of Pathology & …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.— Current approaches for characterizing retained lung dust using pathologists’
qualitative assessment or scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive spectroscopy (…

Asbestos-related diseases in mineworkers: a clinicopathological study

N Ndlovu, D Rees, J Murray, N Vorajee… - ERJ Open …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The accurate diagnosis of asbestos-related diseases is important because of past and current
asbestos exposures. This study evaluated the reliability of clinical diagnoses of asbestos-…

Occupational emphysema in South African miners at autopsy; 1975–2014

…, L Friedman, R Cohen, N Ndlovu, N Vorajee… - International Archives of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose To determine the associations between exposure duration, measured by employment
tenure, and emphysema presence and severity in black and white South African miners …

[HTML][HTML] Mining tenure and job duties differ among contemporary and historic underground coal miners with progressive massive fibrosis

…, MS Orandle, S Sanyal, N Vorajee… - … of occupational and …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objective To characterize differences in mining jobs and tenure between contemporary (born
1930+, working primarily with modern mining technologies) and historic coal miners with …