The principles of predicting the individual risk of silicosis and silicotuberculosis.

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A series of investigations conducted in different "silicosis-risk" industries using a methodology based on the mathematical theory of pattern recognition has shown that in the given conditions of dust exposure, the probability of contracting pneumoconiosis depends for each individual on a complex influence of many factors, both environmental and intrinsic for the individual. Genetic predisposition was one of the...

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