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We evaluated airway and parenchymal pathology using standardized diagnostic criteria and semiquantitative grading schemata, including the grading of small airways for fibrosis and birefringent mineral dust particles. We analyzed lung dust burden on a subset of 37 lungs following bleach digestion, using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray spectrometry (XRS) and image analysis, and by X-ray diffraction for crystalline silica (CSi). Farmworkers comprised 51.5% and nonfarmworkers 48.5% of the samples.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Proximal airways demonstrated little mineral dust accumulation, but membranous and respiratory bronchioles had wall thickening, remodeling, and inflammation associated with carbonaceous and mineral dust deposition. These changes were independently associated with agricultural work, cigarette smoking, and increased age. Mineral dust small airways disease, pneumoconiosis (macules and nodules), and pathologic changes consistent with chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and interstitial fibrosis predominated in farmworkers compared with nonfarmworkers. CSi, determined gravimetrically, and aluminum silicate particles, determined by SEM\/XRS, were increased in the lungs of farmworkers compared with nonfarmworkers and were significantly (p &amp;lt; 0.05) associated with small airway disease and pneumoconiosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Mineral dust exposure is associated with increased small airway disease and pneumoconiosis among California farmworkers; however, the clinical significance and natural history of these changes remains to be determined.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1289\/ehp.0800144","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,2,25]],"date-time":"2009-02-25T12:13:01Z","timestamp":1235563981000},"page":"988-994","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":89,"title":["Pneumoconiosis from Agricultural Dust Exposure among Young California Farmworkers"],"prefix":"10.1021","volume":"117","author":[{"given":"Marc B.","family":"Schenker","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Sciences and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kent E.","family":"Pinkerton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Health and the Environment University of California at Davis, Davis, California, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Diane","family":"Mitchell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Sciences and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Val","family":"Vallyathan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pathology and Physiology Research Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brenda","family":"Elvine-Kreis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Sciences and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francis H.Y.","family":"Green","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"316","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,2,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026080504054921000_micit1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"144","DOI":"10.1164\/ajrccm\/143.1.144","article-title":"Bronchiolar inflammation with fibrosis associated with smoking. 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