Exhaled breath profiling for early silicosis detection in workers at risk: a pilot study
Nele Van Loon, David Ruttens, Mathieu Verbrugghe, Kathleen Zwijsen, Pierre Van Damme, Thérèse Lapperre, Kevin Lamote · 2026
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Nele Van Loon and six co-authors report a 2026 pilot study on spotting silicosis early from exhaled breath. Silicosis is a lung disease tied to breathing silica dust at work, and a breath test could flag it without invasive checks.
The team used a tool that reads volatile organic compounds in breath to sort workers with silicosis from those with other lung illness and from healthy controls. Breath data were cut down to main patterns and fed to a model. Checks inside and outside the study group tested how well the model held up, and sub-groups weighed the role of other illness and lung tests.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Nele Van Loon, David Ruttens, Mathieu Verbrugghe, Kathleen Zwijsen, Pierre Van Damme, Thérèse Lapperre, Kevin Lamote |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |