Complicated silicosis resulting from occupational exposure to engineered stone products

• 1 Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, NSW
• 2 St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW
• 3 Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW

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