Reported occupational respiratory diseases in three Spanish regions.

Background: In 2002, a voluntary registry of occupational respiratory diseases was initiated in the test phase in Asturias, Catalonia, and Navarre (Spain). Based on data from the fully implemented voluntary registry, we assessed the differences in the incidence and characteristics of the diseases reported in the three regions studied and compared them with those notified to the compulsory official system.

Methods: Physicians whose daily practice includes patients with occupational respiratory diseases were invited to participate.

High prevalence and advanced silicosis in active granite workers: a dose-response analysis including FEV1.

Objective: To evaluate silica exposure and respiratory disease in granite workers.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of 440 active granite workers.

Results: Seventy-seven (17.