Experimentally recreated workplace environments contain submicron crystalline silica particles, including ultrafine particles, which have been identified in the mediastinal lymph nodes of construction workers.

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Title: Experimentally recreated workplace environments contain submicron crystalline silica particles, including ultrafine particles, which have been identified in the mediastinal lymph nodes of construction workers.
Authors: Bazin D; Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Bressot C; Direction Milieux et Impacts sur le Vivant, Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), Verneuil, France., Colboc H; INSERM UMRS 1155, Hôpital Tenon Sorbonne Université, Paris, France., Meunier L; Direction Milieux et Impacts sur le Vivant, Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), Verneuil, France., Begueret H; Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France., Bachmeyer A; Owlo, Paris, France., Heng-Pradere TT; Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France., Tranca I; General Chemistry ALGC - Materials Modelling Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium., Rodriguez F; General Chemistry ALGC - Materials Modelling Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium., Tielens F; General Chemistry ALGC - Materials Modelling Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium., Tang E; INSERM UMRS 1155, Hôpital Tenon Sorbonne Université, Paris, France., Audouin C; Service Santé Travail Environnement - Consultation de Pathologie Professionnelle et Environnementale, CHU de Bordeaux Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France., Letavernier E; Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelle, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France., Cambrelin M; Groupement National Multidisciplinaire de Santé au Travail dans le Bâtiment et les Travaux Publics (GNMST BTP), Paris, France., Bernaudin JF; Sorbonne Université Faculté de Médecine, Paris, France.; INSERM UMR 1272, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Villetaneuse, France., Brochard P; INSERM U1219 - Equipe EPICENE, Université de Bordeaux, Talence, France patrick.brochard@u-bordeaux.fr.
Source: Occupational and environmental medicine [Occup Environ Med] 2026 May 21; Vol. 83 (2), pp. 91-99. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 May 21.
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal Info: Publisher: BMJ Pub. Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9422759 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1470-7926 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13510711 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Occup Environ Med Subsets: MEDLINE
Database: MEDLINE Ultimate
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ISSN:1470-7926
DOI:10.1136/oemed-2025-110330