PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Safa, Wassef F.
AU  - Machado, Jose L.
TI  - Silicosis in a housewife
DP  - 2003 Jan 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 101--103
VI  - 24
IP  - 1
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/1/101.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/1/101.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2003 Jan 01; 24
AB  - Silicosis is an occupational respiratory disease caused by inhaling respirable crystalline silica dust. We report the case of silicosis in a 50-year-old woman that presented with pulmonary fibrosis and later developed pulmonary tuberculosis. Her condition is believed to be due to inhalation of dust produced by scrubbing a silica rich surface during usual daily housework.