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DNA-damage Pathways in Workers Exposed to Silica (Caesar Stone)

NCT01329003 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2011-04-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Silicosis is well-known occupational disease caused by free crystalline silica (silicon dioxide) and is marked by inflammation and pulmonary fibrosis. There are cumulative evidences that exposure to Caesar stone (quartz surface products that manufactured from up to 93% quartz, polymer resins and pigments) is particularly dangerous to exposed workers.

Goals: To examine correlation between disease and exposure to Caesar stone and genetic differences regarding genes involved in oxidative stress to understand Genetic susceptibility

Conditions

  • Silicosis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rabin Medical Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Yehuda Shwartz, MD · Tel Aviv medical center. Pulmonary and Allergy department

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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