Corrigendum to “Thomas CR,Kelley TR. A Brief Review of Silicosis in the United States. Environmental Health Insights. 2010;4. doi:10.4137/EHI.S4628”

The authors would like to alert the readers to the following changes in their article.

Data quoted from Bang et al¹, was paraphrased in the article. Although it may have slightly altered the understanding of the information.

The following section from the article-

“During 1968–2002, silicosis was recorded as the underlying or contributing cause of death on approximately 74 million U.S. death certificates; and of these deaths, 98% were males.”

Should be read as-

“During 1968–2002, of approximately 74 million death certificates, silicosis was recorded as the underlying or contributing cause of death on 16,305; a total of 15,944 (98%) deaths occurred in males.”

The Journal Editor confirms these changes do not affect the overall conclusions of the article.