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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5726/1510057

Rheumatoid Pulmonary Nodules and Significantly Elevated Urinary Cadmium in a Kaolin (China Clay) Worker: Could Cadmium Adsorption onto Occupationally Inhaled Dust Explain Caplan's Syndrome?

Dan Murphy, Robert Marshall, Chris Harrington, Andrew Taylor and David Hutchinson

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 10, 2017

Over 60 years ago Caplan's syndrome was described in the coal miners of South Wales (UK). Higher rates are seen in mining populations globally, particularly in kaolin workers. We describe Caplan's syndrome in a kaolin worker associated with a raised urinary cadmium level....

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